Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (industry code 3540), based in Cleveland, OH. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $4.2 billion and a profit of $521 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3540, Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.3 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 7.0 out of ten, present 6.8 out of ten, future 4.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.1 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 71st percentile among 68 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 6.3 out of ten. +5.9% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 7 of 7. 63rd percentile among 64 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 8.2 out of ten. Share count shrank 1.7% a year. 66% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases. 82nd percentile among 57 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 7.3 out of ten. ROE 35%: 35¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar. 73rd percentile among 65 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.5 out of ten. top 35% of 63 in its family; net margin 12.3%. 65th percentile among 63 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 6.1 out of ten. top 39% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024. 61st percentile among 55 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.2 out of ten. bottom 42% of 63 in its family for room to expand. 42nd percentile among 63 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 6.2 out of ten. top 38% of 64 in its family for growth drivers. 62nd percentile among 64 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 4.3 out of ten. bottom 43% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality. 43rd percentile among 62 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-30 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-30 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 144, 2026-09-11. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Americas Welding 64%, International Welding 22%, Harris Products Group 14%. By geography: United States 62%, Foreign countries 38%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-25).
Who runs it
Hedlund, Steven B (CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO); Whitehead, Michael J (EVP, PRESIDENT, AMERICAS WELD); Bruno, Gabriel (EVP, CFO & TREASURER); Whaley, Kevin J. (EVP, Pres, Global Automation); Doria, Gregory (EVP, PRES INTERNATIONAL); Ansberry, Jennifer I (EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECY); Dietrich, Lisa (EVP, CDIO); Edwards, Susan C (EVP, CHRO); Benny, Purushotam Patel (director); Chambers, Brian (director); and 8 more. 18 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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