Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Lincoln Electric Holdings filings provide 18 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 35.59% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 79.0% to 35.59% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 36.04%, a 41.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 36.25%, down 50.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 35.59% in Q1 2026 for Lincoln Electric Holdings, up from 34.67% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 37.57% in Q2 2024 to a low of 33.08% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 35.59% (2026), compared with a mean of 35.51%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: tumbled -144bps in 2023 and later surged 336bps in 2024.
  • Lincoln Electric Holdings' Gross Margin stood at 33.08% in 2022, then grew by 6bps to 35.05% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 36.07% in 2024, then decreased by -4bps to 34.67% in 2025, then rose by 3bps to 35.59% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 35.59% (Q1 2026), 34.67% (Q4 2025), and 36.68% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.