Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Lincoln Electric Holdings' Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 27.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.0%, down 27.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0%, 27.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.0% in Q4 2025 per LECO's latest filing, down from 0.31% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.43% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.0% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.21%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: plummeted -33bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 32bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.11% in 2021, then increased by 4bps to 0.11% in 2022, then surged by 275bps to 0.43% in 2023, then plummeted by -36bps to 0.28% in 2024, then plummeted by -98bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LECO's Return on Equity are 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.31% (Q3 2025), and 0.3% (Q2 2025).