Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc (LECO) · Peers

Lincoln Electric Holdings against the 180 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 35xx (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 181, highest first.

Measure by measure

Measure	LECO	Peer median	Rank
Market value	$14.29B	median $1.44B	41 of 177
P/E	25.8×	median 30.7×	68 of 114
Forward P/E	23.4×	median 20.3×	52 of 127
EV/EBITDA	17.5×	median 16.8×	59 of 123
P/S	3.2×	median 2.4×	65 of 177
FCF yield	3.8%	median 2.9%	70 of 177
Dividend yield	1.2%	median 1.1%	34 of 76
Gross margin	36.0%	median 34.6%	79 of 165
Operating margin	17.1%	median 5.8%	37 of 176
Net margin	12.4%	median 4.9%	42 of 176
ROIC	24.6%	median 7.4%	26 of 164
ROE	35.6%	median 6.2%	16 of 166
Revenue growth (4y, yearly)	7.0%	median 4.9%	64 of 157
EPS growth (yearly)	19.3%	median 7.4%	20 of 76
Net debt / EBITDA	1.0×	median 1.9×	59 of 78
Current ratio	2.0×	median 2.3×	111 of 179
Stock pay / revenue	0.5%	median 1.2%	144 of 178
Share count change	-2.3%	median 0.3%	145 of 170

Green where Lincoln Electric Holdings is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.

The peers, largest first

Company	Market value	P/E	ROIC	Score
LECOLincoln Electric Holdings Inc	$14.29B	P/E 25.8×	24.6%	5.5
AAPLApple Inc.	$5.01T	P/E 38.9×	88.4%	5.6
ASMLASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares	$632.81B	P/E 59.2×	89.4%	6.2
CSCOCisco Systems Inc	$423.27B	P/E 35.4×	16.7%	5.1
CATCaterpillar Inc	$335.91B	P/E 31.0×	24.1%	5.3
LRCXLam Research Corp	$330.27B	P/E 45.5×	80.6%	5.9
DELLDell Technologies Inc.	$293.16B	P/E 34.9×	32.7%	5.5
PANWPalo Alto Networks Inc	$278.73B	P/E 330.7×	3.1%	4.9
ANETArista Networks, Inc.	$223.21B	P/E 55.2×	247.0%	6.9
IBMInternational Business Machines	$218.71B	P/E 20.4×	9.9%	5.2
SNDKSandisk Corp	$190.24B	P/E 16.6×	89.2%	8.5
DEDeere & Company	$173.26B	P/E 36.2×	24.8%	4.9
ETNEaton Corp plc	$151.96B	P/E 39.7×	11.0%	4.8
STXSeagate Technology Holdings plc	$144.83B	P/E 45.5×	88.5%	5.7
FTNTFortinet, Inc.	$124.09B	P/E 58.5×	–	6.5
WDCWestern Digital Corporation	$119.70B	P/E 12.7×	37.5%	6.2
JCIJohnson Controls International plc	$88.75B	P/E 25.1×	12.2%	4.8
ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc	$77.55B	P/E 24.3×	29.3%	5.3
CMICummins Inc	$73.15B	P/E 25.9×	–	5.8
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Co	$73.00B	P/E 46.9×	2.8%	4.9
BKRBaker Hughes Co	$55.29B	P/E 17.9×	–	5.5
CARRCARRIER GLOBAL Corp	$45.68B	P/E 34.9×	5.8%	4.3
PEverpure, Inc.	$41.22B	P/E 182.2×	–	5.3
NTAPNetApp, Inc.	$39.93B	P/E 31.3×	520.7%	6.2
IRIngersoll Rand Inc.	$30.18B	P/E 31.5×	8.2%	5.3
HPQHP Inc	$27.44B	P/E 10.8×	36.0%	5.6
FTITechnipFMC plc	$27.32B	P/E 23.2×	45.7%	6.5
DOVDOVER Corp	$26.37B	P/E 23.2×	12.1%	5.4
FFIVF5 Networks Inc	$25.03B	P/E 34.5×	28.5%	6.3
XYLXylem Inc.	$24.29B	P/E 23.9×	8.7%	5.8
SYMSymbotic Inc.	$23.41B	P/E 2852.0×	–	5.5
NVTnVent Electric plc	$22.99B	P/E 38.4×	12.4%	5.4
SMCISuper Micro Computer, Inc.	$19.02B	P/E 15.3×	11.5%	5.2
CWCurtiss-Wright Corporation	$18.55B	P/E 34.3×	15.7%	5.6
NDSNNordson Corporation	$17.95B	P/E 32.3×	12.9%	5.6
ITTITT Inc	$17.74B	P/E 42.1×	7.5%	4.9
ZBRAZebra Technologies Corporation	$17.46B	P/E 32.4×	8.1%	4.9
IEXIDEX Corporation	$17.36B	P/E 33.4×	11.2%	5.3
RBCRBC Bearings INC	$15.78B	P/E 49.2×	8.7%	5.6
LOGILogitech International SA	$14.95B	P/E 18.7×	115.7%	6.6
CNHCNH Industrial N.V.	$14.36B	P/E 46.2×	-2.9%	4.8

And 140 smaller ones.

The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.