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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+11.7%
Gross profit$399.1M+9.2%
Operating income$186.2M+12.9%
Net income$136.4M+15.1%
EPS (diluted)$2.47+17.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$298.9M-24.3%
Total debt$1.4B+4.0%
Total equity$1.2B+32.6%
Total assets$3.9B+7.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$102.2M-45.0%
CapEx$39.2M+45.3%
Free cash flow$63.0M-60.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$15.08B+28.8%
Enterprise value$16.14B+27.8%
P/E28×+2.6×
P/S3.5×+0.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin36%-0.4pp
Operating margin17%+1.2pp
Net margin12.4%+0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity46.3%-2.8pp
Debt / equity+0.1×
Current ratio1.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Lincoln Electric Holdings’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Lincoln Electric Holdings’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Lincoln Electric Holdings's return on assets?
Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) reported return on assets of 14.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Lincoln Electric Holdings's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Lincoln Electric Holdings's return on assets increased by 8.7% year-over-year, from 13.2% to 14.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Lincoln Electric Holdings's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Lincoln Electric Holdings's return on assets has grown at a 5.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 44.5% to 55.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.