Lincoln Electric (LECO) reported $4.2B in revenue for fiscal 2025, +5.6% year on year. That ranks #899 by revenue among 2853 SEC filers and #170 in Industrials. Net income was $521M, a net margin of 12.3%. Revenue has grown 3.3% a year on average since 2011 ($2.7B then). The fiscal 2025 balance sheet shows $3.8B in total assets, $309M in cash and $1.2B in long-term debt.

Key figures

$2.7B2011$2.9B2012$2.9B2013$2.8B2014$2.5B2015$2.3B2016$2.6B2017$3.0B2018$3.0B2019$2.7B2020$3.2B2021$3.8B2022$4.2B2023$4.0B2024$4.2B2025
Lincoln Electric — Key figures
Key figuresFY2025YoYSource
RevenueRevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$4.2B+5.6%FY20252025-12-31
Gross profitGrossProfit$1.5B+4.2%FY20252025-12-31
Operating incomeOperatingIncomeLoss$718M+12.8%FY20252025-12-31
Net incomeNetIncomeLoss$521M+11.7%FY20252025-12-31
Operating cash flowNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$661M+10.4%FY20252025-12-31
Capital expenditurePaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets$127M+8.9%FY20252025-12-31
Total assetsAssets$3.8B+7.3%FY20252025-12-31
Shareholders' equityStockholdersEquity$1.5B+10.7%FY20252025-12-31
CashCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$309M−18.1%FY20252025-12-31
Long-term debtLongTermDebtNoncurrent$1.2B−0.0%FY20252025-12-31

Revenue is total net sales for the fiscal year, taken from each company's own annual filing.

Reported since the last full year

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Lincoln Electric — Reported since the last full year
QuarterRevenueNet incomeSource
Q1 20262026-03-31$1.1B$136MOpen →
Q2 20262026-06-30$1.2B$159MOpen →

Only periods that end on a calendar quarter appear here. A company whose fiscal year ends in June files on a different calendar, so it has no row.

Where this sits in its sector

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Lincoln Electric — Where this sits in its sector
Where this sits in its sectorFY2025Position in sector
Net marginRank 67 of 323 companies compared12.3%
Operating marginRank 67 of 316 companies compared17.0%
R&D as share of revenueRank 67 of 116 companies compared2.0%
Cash as share of revenueRank 151 of 322 companies compared7.3%

All four are ratios derived from two reported lines, not single filing items. Peer group: companies in the same sector with revenue of $1bn or more; loss-making companies are included.

Profile

Legal name
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc
Ticker
LECO
Exchange
Nasdaq
SIC classification
Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)
Fiscal year end
12-31
CIK
0000059527

Filings

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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000059527-26-000006 · February 25, 2026

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