A share price of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [LECO] is currently trading at $226.05, up 1.91%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LECO shares have lost -0.48% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [NASDAQ: LECO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 05, 2025, when Roth Capital initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $279. Previously, Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock with Underweight rating on January 08, 2024, and set its price target to $178. On October 31, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $210 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Sell rating and suggested a price target of $170 on September 27, 2023. Oppenheimer downgraded its rating to a Perform. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on June 28, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $232. In a note dated May 16, 2023, CL King initiated a Neutral rating.
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $161.11 and $249.19. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $272.5 within the next 12 months. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [NASDAQ: LECO] shares were valued at $226.05 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.55% based on the average LECO price forecast.
Analyzing the LECO fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [NASDAQ:LECO] were 4.18B which represents 7.66% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.14, Equity is 0.38 and Total Capital is 0.26. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.94.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 221.79 points at the first support level, and at 217.54 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 228.79, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 231.54.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [NASDAQ:LECO] is 1.71. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.07, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.28. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.98, the price to book ratio is 8.79 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.22.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Whitehead Michael J, SVP, PRESIDENT, AMERICAS WELD, that happened on Sep 16 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were sold. Officer, MICHAEL WHITEHEAD completed a deal on Sep 16 ’25 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, CHAIR, PRESIDENT & CEO Hedlund Steven B sold 12387.0 shares on Sep 11 ’25.
