Lincoln Electric is in the industrials sector and industrial products industry. The company CEO is Christopher L. Mapes. Lincoln Electric ,, manufactures welding, cutting and brazing products. Its welding product includes arc welding power sources, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes and fluxes.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The LECO stock showed a previous change of 4.08% with an open at 77.89 and a close of 80.09. It reached an intraday high of 80.20 and a low of 77.82.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $5.0b with 62.8m shares outstanding, of which the float is 61.5m shares. Trading volume reached 239,843 shares compared to its average volume of 279,525 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is bad, highly speculative and an investor may want to avoid this stock.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Lincoln Electric shares returned 3.49% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -8.22%. Over three months, it changed -7.76%. In one year it has changed -10.00% and within that year its 52-week high was 97.93 and its 52-week low was 72.27. LECO stock is 10.81% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 85.09 and a 50 day moving average of 84.39. Currently LECO stock is trading -5.87% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a good opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
SeekingAlpha: Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) Presents At KeyBanc Capital Markets 2019 Industrials & Basic Materials Conference – Slideshow
Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 4.37 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 18.33. Based on 7 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.24. The TTM EPS is 4.82, which comes to a TTM PE of 16.62. Historically, the PE high was 48.20 and the PE low was 15.60. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 75.17, which is a decrease of -6.14%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | (Reported on 04/22/2019): | 1.12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 02/14/2019): | 1.35 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 10/25/2018): | 1.07 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 07/23/2018): | 1.04 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 04/23/2018): | 0.92 |
The dividend per share is currently 1.88, which is a dividend yield of 2.35%. Also, the payout ratio is 39.00%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 91.13, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 12.11%.
Indicators to Watch:
The current calculated beta is 1.25.
Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 33.90%, return on assets is 12.88%, profit margin is 9.90%, price-to-sales is 1.59 and price-to-book is 5.59.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
1 :Valuation Score
4 :Past Performance Score
4 :Financial Strength Score
1 :Future Growth Score
5 :Dividend Score
3 :Overall Score
