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

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.27 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Payout Ratio fell 6.38% year-over-year to 0.27; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.31 (down 13.83% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.32, down 15.28% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio eased to 0.27 in Q2 2026 per LECO's latest filing, from 0.32 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Payout Ratio topped out at 0.81 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.24 in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Payout Ratio has averaged 0.34 across 5 years, with a median of 0.32 in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Payout Ratio slumped 65.86% in 2022, then surged 60.54% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.81 in 2022, then slumped by 53.42% to 0.38 in 2023, then grew by 7.09% to 0.41 in 2024, then slipped by 24.23% to 0.31 in 2025, then decreased by 10.84% to 0.27 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.27, 0.32, and 0.31 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.