Growth Metrics

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

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

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.0%, down 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.0% in Q4 2025 per LECO's latest filing, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.48% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.0% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 39bps in 2022, then plummeted -40bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.21% in 2021, then plummeted by -81bps to 0.04% in 2022, then surged by 667bps to 0.31% in 2023, then plummeted by -78bps to 0.07% in 2024, then crashed by -95bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LECO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.09% (Q2 2025).