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Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc had return on equity of 37.2% and a net margin of 12.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin2.8%6.3%8.1%9.0%10.3%9.1%5.0%8.7%9.4%9.5%9.8%7.8%8.6%12.6%13.0%11.6%12.3%12.4%
Return on equity4.5%11.8%18.8%20.4%20.5%18.1%11.5%24.1%30.1%31.6%34.4%25.6%33.4%49.8%46.5%35.4%37.2%38.0%
Return on assets2.8%7.5%11.6%12.7%13.9%12.5%6.8%10.6%11.4%12.1%12.4%8.8%11.3%16.4%16.6%13.5%14.3%15.0%
Effective tax rate43.7%29.3%28.0%30.4%30.0%32.4%25.0%28.5%32.4%22.2%20.5%21.9%14.9%20.3%20.6%21.6%22.9%23.7%
R&D as % of revenue1.6%1.4%1.2%1.3%1.5%1.5%1.9%2.0%1.8%1.8%1.9%1.9%1.7%1.7%1.7%2.0%2.0%—
SG&A as % of revenue19.3%18.2%16.3%17.4%18.5%19.4%19.6%20.6%20.6%20.7%20.7%20.5%18.5%17.5%18.1%19.5%18.9%17.8%
Dividends ÷ net income94.3%36.4%23.9%28.4%16.8%28.8%68.2%44.0%37.4%35.6%40.2%57.3%44.1%27.7%27.1%34.8%32.3%30.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.9bn
Short-term assets $1.8bnLonger-term assets $2.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.9bn
Short-term liabilities $956mLonger-term liabilities $1.4bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $956m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.8bn short-term assets against $1.4bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $283m of cash against $1.1bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 74% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 83% to 74% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $667m of operating cash flow against $1.1bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $803m against $56m of interest.

From Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

81 /100

Strong moat

How hard Lincoln Electric's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 17.4% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 34.0%, moving by 1.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 14 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 15.8%; its worst year was 10.4%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 8.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.