Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Lincoln Electric Holdings has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.7 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 158.37% year-over-year to 0.7; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.39 (up 25.9% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.31, down 6.31% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.7, down from 0.8 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.37 in Q1 2022, with the low at 0.19 in Q3 2023.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.43 across 5 years, with a median of 0.35 in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 73.84% — and 2026, when it jumped 158.37%.
• Lincoln Electric Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then increased by 7.81% to 0.38 in 2023, then surged by 65.15% to 0.62 in 2024, then advanced by 28.55% to 0.8 in 2025, then decreased by 12.88% to 0.7 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.7 (Q1 2026), 0.8 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.