Lincoln Electric (LECO) Competitors $241.14 -2.36 (-0.97%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$240.11 -1.03 (-0.43%) As of 08/1/2025 07:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock LECO vs. FELE, NDSN, DCI, DOV, GGG, IR, ITT, ITW, PH, and TKRShould you be buying Lincoln Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Electric include Franklin Electric (FELE), Nordson (NDSN), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Timken (TKR). Lincoln Electric vs. Its Competitors Franklin Electric Nordson Donaldson Dover Graco Ingersoll Rand ITT Illinois Tool Works Parker-Hannifin Timken Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation. Which has more risk and volatility, LECO or FELE? Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation and earnings, LECO or FELE? Lincoln Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLincoln Electric$4.10B3.28$466.11M$8.9027.09Franklin Electric$2.06B2.06$180.31M$3.8724.07 Is LECO or FELE more profitable? Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 12.27% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.71%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 39.79% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Lincoln Electric12.27% 39.79% 14.74% Franklin Electric 8.71%14.05%9.47% Does the media refer more to LECO or FELE? In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 7 more articles in the media than Lincoln Electric. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Franklin Electric and 28 mentions for Lincoln Electric. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.52 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lincoln Electric 11 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Franklin Electric 5 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 14 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LECO or FELE? 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer LECO or FELE? Lincoln Electric presently has a consensus price target of $231.40, indicating a potential downside of 4.04%. Franklin Electric has a consensus price target of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.87%. Given Franklin Electric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Lincoln Electric 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40Franklin Electric 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is LECO or FELE a better dividend stock? Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lincoln Electric pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lincoln Electric has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. SummaryLincoln Electric beats Franklin Electric on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Lincoln Electric News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LECO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LECO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LECO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLincoln ElectricMACH TLS&RL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$13.59B$10.74B$7.60B$9.52BDividend Yield1.34%2.32%4.56%4.09%P/E Ratio27.0917.3525.2523.81Price / Sales3.281.7998.6366.04Price / Cash22.1814.2827.7657.96Price / Book9.763.254.315.54Net Income$466.11M$381.52M$792.92M$259.28M7 Day Performance5.89%-4.36%-1.95%-4.64%1 Month Performance12.76%2.61%2.25%4.41%1 Year Performance23.13%0.56%29.27%17.95% Lincoln Electric Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LECOLincoln Electric3.691 of 5 stars$241.14-1.0%$231.40-4.0%+21.3%$13.59B$4.10B27.0912,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastFELEFranklin Electric4.7359 of 5 stars$90.32-0.6%$94.00+4.1%-9.0%$4.12B$2.02B23.646,300Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNDSNNordson4.8067 of 5 stars$214.30-1.3%$254.86+18.9%-14.0%$12.11B$2.69B27.558,000Positive NewsDCIDonaldson3.731 of 5 stars$70.06-0.5%$70.00-0.1%-3.7%$8.16B$3.59B23.5114,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementDOVDover4.7808 of 5 stars$186.99-0.7%$208.58+11.5%-2.3%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionGGGGraco4.2654 of 5 stars$86.25-0.6%$93.00+7.8%+0.2%$14.42B$2.15B30.484,300Analyst RevisionIRIngersoll Rand4.4404 of 5 stars$83.95-1.9%$100.92+20.2%-17.7%$33.87B$7.28B41.5621,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionGap DownITTITT4.2104 of 5 stars$156.80-1.5%$173.25+10.5%+17.8%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap DownITWIllinois Tool Works4.6076 of 5 stars$254.59-0.2%$255.67+0.4%+4.0%$74.60B$15.90B22.3944,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst DowngradePHParker-Hannifin4.6556 of 5 stars$711.82-1.5%$739.59+3.9%+33.2%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap DownTKRTimken4.0549 of 5 stars$78.59-0.7%$79.00+0.5%-13.1%$5.50B$4.57B16.9419,000News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Franklin Electric Competitors Nordson Competitors Donaldson Competitors Dover Competitors Graco Competitors Ingersoll Rand Competitors ITT Competitors Illinois Tool Works Competitors Parker-Hannifin Competitors Timken Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:LECO) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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