Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Lincoln Electric Holdings' Retained Earnings history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$205.9 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Retained Earnings fell 105.16% year-over-year to -$205.9 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$205.9 million, down 105.16%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$205.9 million, 105.16% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings reached -$205.9 million in Q4 2025 per LECO's latest filing, down from $4.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $4.2 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$329.5 million in Q3 2022.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is $1.6 billion, with a median of $1.4 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: plummeted 109.27% in 2022, then surged 1901.05% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $3.0 billion in 2021, then crashed by 109.27% to -$275.4 million in 2022, then soared by 1439.17% to $3.7 billion in 2023, then grew by 8.27% to $4.0 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 105.16% to -$205.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LECO's Retained Earnings are -$205.9 million (Q4 2025), $4.2 billion (Q3 2025), and -$210.7 million (Q2 2025).