US · LECO
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
- Sector
- Industrials · Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH 44117
- Website
- lincolnelectric.com
Price · as of 2025-12-31
$266.25
Market cap 15.8B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $184.16 | -30.83% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $125.25 | -52.96% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | $27.95 | -89.5% |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $126.70 | -52.41% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $36.85 | $43.87 | $13.83 | $17.15 | $96.08 |
| 2012 | $45.72 | $47.51 | $98.32 | $17.04 | $42.38 |
| 2013 | $61.02 | $69.30 | $3.83 | $25.44 | $29.14 |
| 2014 | $53.77 | $58.75 | $0.28 | $16.18 | $21.84 |
| 2015 | $48.86 | $50.41 | $0.00 | $1.05 | $0.00 |
| 2016 | $73.92 | $71.25 | $3.12 | $2.41 | $0.00 |
| 2017 | $81.00 | $87.50 | $7.34 | $8.35 | $86.07 |
| 2018 | $74.80 | $95.62 | $15.31 | $7.87 | $101.14 |
| 2019 | $73.82 | $71.79 | $8.14 | $2.88 | $34.84 |
| 2020 | $114.56 | $85.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $118.42 | $93.25 | $3.02 | $0.00 | $135.16 |
| 2022 | $159.65 | $135.08 | $75.67 | $13.25 | $192.26 |
| 2023 | $247.34 | $197.65 | $579.05 | $19.53 | $180.93 |
| 2024 | $198.87 | $178.31 | $60.26 | $7.43 | $32.27 |
| 2025 | $287.09 | $184.16 | $17.78 | $27.95 | $126.70 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.'s (LECO) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $184.16
- Current price
- $266.25
- AI upside
- -30.83%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$125.25
-52.96% upside
Graham-Dodd
$27.95
-89.5% upside
Graham Formula
$126.70
-52.41% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| LECO | Lincoln Electric Holdings… | $266.25 | 15.8B | -31% | -53% | -90% | -52% | 30.56 | 10.82 | 3.76 | 20.46 | 212.88 | 10.82 | 36.36% | 17.58% | 12.30% | 37.22% | 24.29% | 14.27% | 0.88 | 14.43 | 1.82 | 0.89 | 1.19 | 1436.00% | 560.00% | 1074.00% | 3.36% | 0.69 | 22.63% | 1.06% | 32.30% | 3.18% | 22.70 | 31.62 | 3.99 | 6.16 |
| ATI | ATI Inc. | $163.59 | 22.4B | -41% | -59% | -85% | -77% | 57.05 | 12.78 | 5.03 | 31.17 | 484.94 | 14.94 | 21.95% | 13.97% | 8.81% | 22.12% | 16.15% | 7.83% | 1.08 | 6.50 | 2.66 | 1.17 | 1.94 | 1176.00% | 516.00% | 9851.00% | 1.45% | 0.61 | 10.49% | 0.06% | 3.30% | 2.09% | 38.38 | 73.71 | 5.36 | 6.18 |
| AVY | Avery Dennison Corporatio… | $196.35 | 15.18B | -13% | -57% | — | -58% | 21.93 | 6.73 | 1.70 | 14.29 | 3829.70 | -17.59 | 28.75% | 12.47% | 7.77% | 30.21% | 15.11% | 8.00% | 1.66 | 8.15 | 1.13 | 0.64 | 2.71 | 57.00% | 114.00% | -241.00% | 4.72% | 0.33 | 13.11% | 1.91% | 41.90% | 5.70% | 16.87 | 26.14 | 2.10 | 3.74 |
| BLDR | Builders FirstSource, Inc… | $104.29 | 11.53B | -1% | -62% | -79% | -96% | 25.45 | 2.54 | 0.73 | 12.01 | — | -11.43 | 30.39% | 5.18% | 2.86% | 10.06% | 7.30% | 3.99% | 1.30 | 2.87 | 1.86 | 1.08 | 3.97 | -5706.00% | -738.00% | -4281.00% | 7.71% | 0.77 | 9.33% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.74% | 21.04 | 19.38 | 1.09 | 2.71 |
| HII | Huntington Ingalls Indust… | $444.52 | 17.44B | -36% | -57% | -87% | -45% | 29.47 | 3.51 | 1.43 | 16.68 | 287.73 | 10.31 | 12.70% | 4.87% | 4.85% | 12.42% | 6.45% | 4.86% | 0.62 | 5.79 | 1.13 | 1.04 | 1.96 | 1024.00% | 823.00% | 295385.00% | 4.45% | 0.39 | 10.81% | 1.19% | 35.20% | 2.34% | 33.23 | 25.45 | 1.62 | 3.17 |
| IEX | IDEX Corporation | $209.47 | 15.77B | -9% | -59% | — | -58% | 33.01 | 3.96 | 4.61 | 19.00 | — | -25.11 | 44.51% | 20.82% | 13.98% | 12.34% | 10.53% | 7.06% | 0.45 | 11.18 | 2.86 | 1.91 | 1.37 | -346.00% | 577.00% | 229.00% | 3.87% | 1.18 | 11.83% | 1.33% | 44.10% | 3.67% | 23.85 | 27.84 | 4.97 | 5.23 |
| MLI | Mueller Industries, Inc. | $117.96 | 13.1B | +6% | -49% | -64% | +10% | 16.98 | 5.21 | 3.11 | 10.69 | 58.65 | 5.21 | 27.38% | 21.42% | 18.31% | 29.05% | 46.79% | 24.26% | 0.02 | 8289.37 | 5.92 | 4.52 | -1.21 | 2895.00% | 1087.00% | 2138.00% | 5.29% | 1.83 | 47.36% | 0.84% | 14.30% | 5.15% | 13.01 | 16.97 | 2.79 | 18.85 |
| NDSN | Nordson Corporation | $293.44 | 16.38B | -21% | -64% | — | -66% | 30.52 | 4.86 | 5.30 | 19.24 | 618.81 | -15.69 | 55.16% | 25.94% | 17.35% | 16.21% | 11.39% | 8.13% | 0.71 | 7.16 | 1.64 | 0.92 | 2.34 | 493.00% | 378.00% | 3443.00% | 4.47% | 0.95 | 12.83% | 1.21% | 37.00% | 4.88% | 23.24 | 25.46 | 6.03 | 5.15 |
| RBC | RBC Bearings Incorporated | $575.92 | 18.21B | -57% | -70% | -88% | -82% | 46.67 | 3.79 | 7.02 | 25.39 | 229.78 | -69.27 | 44.37% | 22.61% | 15.05% | 8.51% | 7.30% | 5.26% | 0.34 | 6.19 | 3.26 | 1.09 | 2.02 | 2031.00% | 487.00% | 95.00% | 2.12% | 0.93 | 6.10% | 0.15% | 7.00% | 2.24% | 33.75 | 51.20 | 7.63 | 5.39 |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker, I… | $86.49 | 13.4B | — | -61% | — | -80% | 31.67 | 1.41 | 0.84 | 14.40 | — | -9.64 | 29.86% | 7.62% | 2.66% | — | — | — | 0.65 | 2.48 | 1.14 | 0.23 | 4.39 | — | — | — | 5.40% | 0.19 | — | 3.93% | 124.60% | 4.05% | 15.88 | 26.62 | 1.21 | 1.56 |
| WCC | WESCO International, Inc. | $289.50 | 14.09B | -16% | -59% | -78% | -30% | 22.79 | 2.91 | 0.62 | 14.91 | — | -180.79 | 20.31% | 5.24% | 2.72% | 12.85% | 8.47% | 4.07% | 1.49 | 3.19 | 2.20 | 1.21 | 4.77 | 0.00% | 776.00% | -9750.00% | 0.17% | 0.03 | 0.23% | 0.79% | 18.00% | 4.99% | 17.46 | 854.13 | 0.92 | 3.28 |
About Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. It offers welding products, including arc welding power sources, plasma cutters, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, integrated automation systems, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes, fluxes and welding accessories, and specialty welding consumables and fabrication products. The company's product offering also includes computer numeric controlled plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems, and regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding, cutting, and brazing; and consumables used in the brazing and soldering alloys market. In addition, it is involved in the retail business in the United States. Further, the company manufactures copper and aluminum headers, distributor assemblies, and manifolds for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sector in the United States and Mexico. The company serves general fabrication, energy and process, automotive and transportation, and construction and infrastructure industries, as well as heavy fabrication, ship building, and maintenance and repair markets. It sells its products directly to users of welding products, as well as through industrial distributors, retailers, and agents. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
- CEO
- Steven Hedlund
- Employees
- 12K
- Beta
- 1.27
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($125.25 ÷ $266.25) − 1 = -52.96% (DCF, example).