Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Lincoln Electric Holdings filings provide 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.7 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 158.37% to 0.7 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.39, a 25.9% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.31, down 6.31% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.7 in Q1 2026 for Lincoln Electric Holdings, down from 0.8 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.37 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.19 in Q3 2023.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.35 (2025), compared with a mean of 0.43.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 73.84% in 2023 and later soared 158.37% in 2026.
  • Lincoln Electric Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 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, then dropped by 12.88% to 0.7 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.7 (Q1 2026), 0.8 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.