Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.8 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 28.55% year-over-year to 0.8, compared with a TTM value of 0.31 through Dec 2025, down 6.31%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.31, down 6.31% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.8 for Q4 2025 at Lincoln Electric Holdings, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.37 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.19 in Q3 2023.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.43, with a median of 0.35 recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 73.84% in 2023, then soared 65.15% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.32 in 2021, then increased by 9.24% to 0.35 in 2022, then grew by 7.81% to 0.38 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 65.15% to 0.62 in 2024, then grew by 28.55% to 0.8 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for LECO at 0.8 in Q4 2025, 0.2 in Q3 2025, and 0.35 in Q2 2025.