STKH vs LECO Stock Comparison

Steakholder Foods and Lincoln Electric Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

4 decided of 12

Lincoln Electric Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lincoln Electric Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSTKHLECOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $50.61K $15.41B LECO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 27.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 22.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.3% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.4% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 21.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -89.7% +7.0% LECO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -83.2%/yr +12.4%/yr LECO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 226.0% 29.6% LECO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 58/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

STKHLECO

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

AxisSTKHLECO
Valuation – 39 #124 of 203
Growth – 51 #93 of 187
Profitability – 95 #10 of 185
Financial Health 73 #60 of 219 46 #118 of 219
Shareholder Returns – 57 #67 of 153
Overall – 58
  • STKH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LECO ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSTKHLECOSPY
1 month -76.7%-4.8% -0.8%
3 months -70.4%+0.7% +3.5%
6 months -77.1%-1.0% +7.0%
Year to date -82.7%+7.9% +12.2%
1 year -89.7%+7.0% +13.0%
3 years -99.9%+49.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -88.7%+14.4% +23.1%
5 years -100.0%+79.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -83.2%+12.4% +11.0%
10 years —+293.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+14.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSTKHLECOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 226.0%29.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 172.2%31.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.641.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.400.24 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-35.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -90.7%-13.5% -1.8%
52-week high $4.30$298.88 $779.14
52-week low $0.40$220.64 $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.

MultipleSTKHLECO
P/E now vs peer median —median 26.0x 25.5xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.9x 3.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 17.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 21.4x 26.0xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.2x 9.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.26 3.63median 1.26

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 monthsSTKHLECO
Revenue – $4.48B
Gross profit – $1.61B
Operating income – $767.80M
Net income – $553.55M
Free cash flow – $542.40M
EPS (diluted) – $10.05
Cash & equivalents $1.06M $242.44M
Total debt – $1.15B
Shares (diluted) 124.02K 55.10M
Enterprise value -$6.85M $14.27B

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
MetricSTKHLECO
P/E – 25.5x
P/FCF – 26.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 20.5x
P/S – 3.1x
P/B 0.0x 9.1x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 9.1x
EV/EBITDA – 17.2x
EV/EBIT – 19.5x
EV/Revenue – 3.3x
EV/FCF – 27.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 21.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSTKHLECO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 8.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 13.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 7.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 10.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 5.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 11.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 7.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 10.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSTKHLECO
Gross margin – 36.0%
EBITDA margin – 19.4%
Operating margin – 17.1%
Pretax margin – 16.1%
Net margin – 12.4%
FCF margin – 12.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.3%
Return on equity – 36.1%
Return on assets – 14.4%
Return on invested capital – 21.4%
Return on capital employed – 25.9%
Asset turnover – 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSTKHLECO
Debt / assets – 30.2%
Debt / equity – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.0x
Debt / FCF – 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 27.9% 59.2%
Equity / assets 72.1% 40.8%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 1.8x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 7.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSTKHLECO
Dividend yield – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 1.6%
Shareholder yield – 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 30.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 31.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 7.0%

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.

ConsensusSTKHLECO
Forward P/E – 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-550.39FY2026 $11.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +0.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $57.45MFY2025 $4.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +574,390.0%FY2025 +14.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -42.2% +5.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSTKHLECO
Held by institutions – 81.3%
Institutions holding – 701
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.5%
Institutions buying – 297
Institutions selling – 266
Buyers to sellers – 1.12

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.

STKHLECO
STKH 1.00 0.08
LECO 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, STKH and LECO?

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Steakholder Foods (STKH) $50.61K, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) $15.41B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) returned the most: Steakholder Foods (STKH) -89.7%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +7.0%. Over five years, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) compounded fastest (Steakholder Foods (STKH) -83.2%/yr, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) +12.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Steakholder Foods (STKH) 0.00%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 0.01%. Steakholder Foods (STKH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) has been the steadiest (Steakholder Foods (STKH) 226.0%, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) 29.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do STKH and LECO move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.08, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, STKH and LECO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) leads on 4. 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.