LECO vs SNA vs SWK Stock Comparison

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Snap-on and Stanley Black & Decker Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SNA Snap-on Inc
$365.02 -1.1% 1M +8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$19.28B
P/E
19.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.27B
Div. yield
–
Power Tools Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Snap-on leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Snap-on 6, Stanley Black & Decker 3, Lincoln Electric Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLECOSNASWKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.45B $19.28B $18.13B SNA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 19.1x 29.2x SNA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.5x 19.7x 18.0x SWK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.1% +4.0% +0.6% LECO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.4% 19.6% 4.1% SNA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.6% 14.5% 6.6% LECO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x -0.3x 2.3x SNA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.03% SWK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.8% +8.8% +57.6% SWK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.1%/yr +11.6%/yr -10.7%/yr LECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.1% 19.2% 36.6% SNA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 75/100 58/100 SNA

Percentile Scorecard

LECOSNASWK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLECOSNASWK
Valuation 35 #133 of 203 65 #72 of 203 88 #26 of 203
Growth 46 #102 of 189 37 #119 of 189 80 #38 of 189
Profitability 93 #14 of 187 97 #7 of 187 52 #90 of 187
Financial Health 46 #121 of 221 87 #30 of 221 28 #159 of 221
Shareholder Returns 55 #69 of 152 89 #17 of 152 44 #86 of 152
Overall 55 75 58
  • LECO ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • SNA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • SWK ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLECOSNASWKSPY
1 month +4.1%-1.1%+16.9% -2.3%
3 months +6.6%-10.8%+8.8% -0.7%
6 months +8.9%-1.9%+42.6% +4.8%
Year to date +19.1%+5.9%+43.7% +10.3%
1 year +21.8%+8.8%+57.6% +10.3%
3 years +55.2%+34.8%+20.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year +15.8%+10.5%+6.3% +20.1%
5 years +101.9%+73.0%-43.0% +61.9%
5 years, per year +15.1%+11.6%-10.7% +10.1%
10 years +349.3%+139.6%-5.9% +258.6%
10 years, per year +16.2%+9.1%-0.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLECOSNASWKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.1%19.2%36.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%19.3%32.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.190.571.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.700.461.57 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.3%-21.3%-71.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.5%-12.9%0.0% -3.5%
52-week high $298.88$419.26$106.74 $779.14
52-week low $220.64$328.69$62.12 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLECOSNASWK
P/E now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 25.6x 18.3xmedian 25.6x 25.8xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.9x 3.6xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 14.4x 12.8xmedian 14.4x 11.2xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 22.5x 17.0xmedian 22.5x 12.5xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x 1.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 3.87median 1.36 6.30median 1.36 -4.91median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLECOSNASWK
Revenue $4.64B $5.27B $15.25B
Gross profit $1.65B $2.45B $4.86B
Operating income $802.52M $1.31B $1.32B
Net income $575.27M $1.04B $620.50M
Free cash flow $511.89M $1.07B $1.29B
EPS (diluted) $10.48 $19.30 $4.12
Cash & equivalents $283.24M $1.67B $592.40M
Total debt $1.15B $1.21B $4.76B
Shares (diluted) 54.87M 52.40M 150.65M
Enterprise value $14.32B $12.59B $16.66B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLECOSNASWK
P/E 27.0x 18.3x 25.8x
P/FCF 30.2x 17.0x 12.5x
P/Operating cash flow 23.2x 15.9x 10.4x
P/S 3.3x 3.6x 1.1x
P/B 9.9x 3.1x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 9.9x 3.3x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 18.0x 12.8x 11.2x
EV/EBIT 20.3x 13.7x 15.4x
EV/Revenue 3.5x 3.5x 1.3x
EV/FCF 31.9x 16.6x 15.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.5x 15.5x 13.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.87 6.30 -4.91

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLECOSNASWK
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.1% 4.0% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 1.8% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.7% 4.1% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 2.4% 11.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.9% 3.5% 51.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 1.8% 149.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.6% 3.2% 29.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 2.0% -7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 11.0% 4.3% 30.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 2.9% -5.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.7% 7.5% 104.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 9.1% 96.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.3% 8.4% 211.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.6% 10.5% 110.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLECOSNASWK
Gross margin 35.5% 46.5% 31.9%
EBITDA margin 19.5% 27.3% 11.9%
Operating margin 17.3% 25.4% 8.6%
Pretax margin 16.2% 25.7% 5.6%
Net margin 12.4% 19.6% 4.1%
FCF margin 11.0% 21.0% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin 14.4% 22.5% 10.2%
Return on equity 37.0% 17.6% 6.9%
Return on assets 14.9% 12.3% 3.0%
Return on invested capital 22.6% 14.5% 6.6%
Return on capital employed 27.7% 18.5% 8.0%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.6% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLECOSNASWK
Debt / assets 29.5% 13.9% 23.7%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.2x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x -0.3x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 2.2x 1.1x 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 60.1% 29.8% 55.4%
Equity / assets 39.9% 70.2% 44.6%
Interest coverage – 26.6x 2.8x
Current ratio 1.9x 3.4x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.0x 2.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 7.78 7.33 2.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLECOSNASWK
Dividend yield 1.1% 2.7% 3.1%
Net buyback yield 1.8% 1.9% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 2.9% 4.5% 4.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 30.0% – 81.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 33.7% – 39.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.5% – 1.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.3% – 1.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLECOSNASWK
Forward P/E 24.5xFY2026 19.7xFY2026 18.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.62FY2026 $18.35FY2026 $5.81FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.7%FY2026 -4.4%FY2026 +24.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +0.4% +17.5% +5.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.84BFY2026 $4.58BFY2026 $16.13BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.5%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026 +6.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% +14.2% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLECOSNASWK
Held by institutions 81.3% 96.3% 95.7%
Institutions holding 703 1,071 773
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.5% +2.8% +5.3%
Institutions buying 299 499 418
Institutions selling 266 370 244
Buyers to sellers 1.12 1.35 1.71

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LECOSNASWK
LECO 1.00 0.56 0.57
SNA 0.56 1.00 0.61
SWK 0.57 0.61 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LECO, SNA and SWK?

Snap-on (SNA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) $15.45B, Snap-on (SNA) $19.28B, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) $18.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, LECO, SNA and SWK?

Snap-on (SNA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 26.9x, Snap-on (SNA) 19.1x, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 29.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) is cheapest (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 24.5x, Snap-on (SNA) 19.7x, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 18.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +11.1%, Snap-on (SNA) +4.0%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Snap-on (SNA) has the highest net margin (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 12.4%, Snap-on (SNA) 19.6%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 4.1%). On return on invested capital, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) leads (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 22.6%, Snap-on (SNA) 14.5%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) returned the most: Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +21.8%, Snap-on (SNA) +8.8%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) +57.6%. Over five years, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) compounded fastest (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +15.1%/yr, Snap-on (SNA) +11.6%/yr, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) -10.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) has the highest dividend yield: Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 0.01%, Snap-on (SNA) 0.00%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 0.03%. Snap-on (SNA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Snap-on (SNA) has been the steadiest (Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 31.1%, Snap-on (SNA) 19.2%, Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 36.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LECO, SNA and SWK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Snap-on (SNA) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.