What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Forecast for LECO Q1 Earnings?

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Lincoln Electric in a report issued on Friday, February 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now expects that the industrial products company will earn $2.09 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.24. The consensus estimate for Lincoln Electric’s current full-year earnings is $8.72 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Lincoln Electric’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.25 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.30 EPS.

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The industrial products company reported $2.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.03 by $0.54. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $995.94 million. Lincoln Electric had a net margin of 11.93% and a return on equity of 40.03%.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on LECO. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Lincoln Electric from $216.00 to $211.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Barclays lifted their price target on Lincoln Electric from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of Lincoln Electric from $230.00 to $245.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Lincoln Electric from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $233.60.

Lincoln Electric Stock Performance

NASDAQ LECO opened at $216.81 on Monday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $194.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $195.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.20. Lincoln Electric has a 1 year low of $169.51 and a 1 year high of $261.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.23 billion, a PE ratio of 25.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.18.

Institutional Trading of Lincoln Electric

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LECO. Elios Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Lincoln Electric during the third quarter worth approximately $999,000. Vestcor Inc lifted its stake in Lincoln Electric by 85.5% in the third quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 8,180 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,571,000 after purchasing an additional 3,771 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in Lincoln Electric by 28.7% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 431 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $83,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP grew its stake in shares of Lincoln Electric by 3.5% during the third quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 237,935 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $45,688,000 after buying an additional 7,962 shares during the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Lincoln Electric in the third quarter worth about $499,000. Institutional investors own 79.61% of the company’s stock.

About Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc, through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. It offers brazing and soldering filler metals, arc welding equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, welding accessories, and specialty gas regulators, and education solutions, as well as a portfolio of automated solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing, as well as involved in brazing and soldering alloys, and in the retail business in the United States.