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

Lincoln Electric Holdings' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.35% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 39.0% year-over-year to 0.35%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.0%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0%, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.35% in Q4 2025 per LECO's latest filing, down from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.35% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.12% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: soared 42bps in 2023, then crashed -39bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then crashed by -112bps to 0.27% in 2022, then soared by 155bps to 0.15% in 2023, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.04% in 2024, then crashed by -945bps to 0.35% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LECO's Return on Sales are 0.35% (Q4 2025), 0.12% (Q3 2025), and 0.13% (Q2 2025).