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How Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. stacks up
LECO · against 468 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
95/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #43 of 469 · scores higher than 90% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score91 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including LECO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 95?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 17.1% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on invested capital: 24.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 98% of peers. Return on assets: 14.5% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LECO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LECO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 456 reported | 24.6% | 8.2% | 89% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 17.1% | 8.5% | 77% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 462 reported | 14.5% | 4.4% | 94% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 438 reported | 37.7% | 11.5% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 475 reported | 36.1% | 30.1% | 65% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LECO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M USD | 100 | 80 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 43 | 15.4B USD | 95 | 54 | |
| 43 | 20.6B USD | 95 | 61 | |
| 43 | 4.7B USD | 95 | 63 | |
| 43 | 1.7B USD | 95 | 70 | |
| 43 | 15.5B USD | 95 | 56 | |
| 43 | 91.3B USD | 95 | 45 | |
| 43 | 2.1B USD | 95 | 59 | |
| 43 | 58M USD | 95 | 95 | |
| 51 | 16.1B USD | 94 | 58 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score