Share buybacks · 2011–2025
Lincoln Electric share buybacks
$338M+28.3% · FY2025
Lincoln Electric (LECO) reported $338M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +28.3% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $338M | +28.3% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $264M | +32.7% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $199M | +9.6% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $181M | +10.2% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $165M | +45.0% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $113M | −61.2% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $293M | +45.1% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $202M | +367.2% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $43.2M | −87.4% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $342M | −14.4% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $399M | +30.1% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $307M | +83.0% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $168M | +107.2% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $81.0M | +119.0% | Open → |
| FY20112011-12-31 | $37.0M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +17.1%
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The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000059527-26-000006 · February 25, 2026
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