Growth Metrics

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

Lincoln Electric Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.8 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 28.55% year-over-year to 0.8; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.31, down 6.31%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.31, 6.31% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.8 in Q4 2025 per LECO's latest filing, up from 0.2 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.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.43, with a median of 0.35 recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 73.84% in 2023, then soared 65.15% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LECO's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.8 (Q4 2025), 0.2 (Q3 2025), and 0.35 (Q2 2025).