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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (LECO) Q3 Adj. EPS $2.98, Sales Up 15%

Lincoln Electric reported third-quarter adjusted profit of $2.98 per share and sales of $1.22 billion, up 15.1% from a year earlier. Standard accounting profit was $2.63 per share after $0.35 of charges. The board raised the quarterly dividend 10.1% to $0.87 per share.

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What happened

Lincoln Electric reported third-quarter sales of $1.221 billion, up 15.1% from a year earlier, and record adjusted earnings per share of $2.98. That beat Wall Street's sales expectations, and profit per share came in 6.2% above analysts' estimates. The company also raised its quarterly dividend 10.1% to $0.87 per share.

Global impact / market context

The company sold more and earned more per share than analysts expected, which is a positive signal about its business. Rising input costs squeezed gross margin, which is the profit left after direct costs, so pricing actions matter for whether profit holds up. The dividend increase means the board chose to return more cash to shareholders.

What to watch

  1. Whether pricing actions restore price-cost neutrality in the fourth quarter, as the article says is expected, because that decides if higher costs keep eating into profit.
  2. Gross margin, which is profit after direct costs, because rising input costs already reduced it this quarter.
  3. Standard accounting profit of $2.63 per share versus adjusted profit of $2.98, because the $0.35 gap comes from charges and shows the difference between headline and reported results.

Affected assets

  • Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

Evidence