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Company snapshot — Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc

LECO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lincoln Electric makes welding, cutting and brazing equipment, consumables and automation systems, sold under three segments covering the Americas, international markets and the Harris Products Group. Its output ranges from arc welders and plasma cutters to mobile power units, robotic welding cells and autonomous guided vehicles. Customers include original equipment manufacturers, fabricators and integrators across shipbuilding, automotive, construction and energy, reached directly and through distributors. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and has sold welding products since the nineteenth century.
Where it sits in the stack
Lincoln Electric carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the tools and accessories sleeve of our wider universe, where it is tracked as an equipment maker rather than a build-out constituent.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for this name yet; the competitor most often named alongside it is ESAB, another welding and cutting equipment maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
Lincoln Electric sits in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no quotes in the diary so far, so its coverage here is limited to index membership and chart readings.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent slide below its 50-day and 200-day levels, and its distance from the 52-week high, steadies or extends, which would change how the diary reads its current trend.

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc (LECO) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LECO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Tools & Accessories · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Tools & Accessories · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LECO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.21%, quarterly · last 0.79 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What LECO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.12 USD per share · a 1.21% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +5.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.96 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.79 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.88 USD · 2025: 3.04 USD · 2026: 1.58 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc (LECO)?

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc trades as LECO on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is LECO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does LECO trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4% vs the 50-day and -2% vs the 200-day average, 16.8% below the 52-week high and +19.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc do?

Lincoln Electric makes welding, cutting and brazing equipment, consumables and automation systems, sold under three segments covering the Americas, international markets and the Harris Products Group. Its output ranges from arc welders and plasma cutters to mobile power units, robotic welding cells and autonomous guided vehicles. Customers include original equipment manufacturers, fabricators and integrators across shipbuilding, automotive, construction and energy, reached directly and through distributors. The diary holds no peer group for this name yet; the competitor most often named alongside it is ESAB, another welding and cutting equipment maker.

Where does Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Lincoln Electric carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the tools and accessories sleeve of our wider universe, where it is tracked as an equipment maker rather than a build-out constituent. Lincoln Electric sits in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score and no quotes in the diary so far, so its coverage here is limited to index membership and chart readings.

Does Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc has paid 3.12 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.21% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.79 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LECO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Tools & Accessories, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.