Lincoln Electric (LECO)

• Market cap: $10.8B
• 1 day: 1.62%
• 5 days: -2.51%
• 1 month: -4.04%
• 3 months: 4.02%
• 6 months: 1.33%
• Year to date: 4.02%
• 1 year: -23.92%
• 5 years: 199.27%
• 10 years: 194.95%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Metalworking Machinery & Equipment

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

41% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.14M | Put options by funds: $5.08M

15% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $8.48B [Q3] → $9.76B (+$1.28B) [Q4]

9% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 71 | Existing positions closed: 65

0.23% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.22% [Q3] → 77.99% (-0.23%) [Q4]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 542 [Q3] → 537 (-5) [Q4]

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 173 | Existing positions reduced: 204

43% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q3] → 4 (-3) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $211 10% upside
• Avg. target: $230 20% upside
• High target: $245 27% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Adam Seiden 26% 1-year accuracy 5 / 19 met price target	22% upside $235	Overweight Maintained	18 Feb 2025
Keybanc Jason Celino 29% 1-year accuracy 14 / 48 met price target	27% upside $245	Overweight Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Stifel Nathan Jones 33% 1-year accuracy 22 / 67 met price target	10% upside $211	Hold Maintained	24 Jan 2025