Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Lincoln Electric Holdings' Return on Invested Capital history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.02% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.02% (down 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.06%, down 3.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.02% for Q1 2026 at Lincoln Electric Holdings, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 1338.92% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 224.67% and a median of 0.47% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital jumped 133848 bps — and 2025, when it slumped 133889 bps.
• Lincoln Electric Holdings' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.82% in 2022, then gained by 19 bps to 0.97% in 2023, then slumped by 91 bps to 0.09% in 2024, then tumbled by 77 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then retreated by 11 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows LECO's Return on Invested Capital at 0.02% in Q1 2026, 0.02% in Q4 2025, and 0.02% in Q3 2025.