---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059527-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:22:04.426336+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric Q4 2021: record sales $844M, adj EPS $1.61 +29.8% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $844.3M (+21.7% YoY); organic sales +19.0%; full-year record $3.2B.
- GAAP EPS $1.25 (+15.7% YoY); Adjusted EPS $1.61 (record, +29.8% YoY).
- Full-year 2021 adj operating margin 14.8%; ROIC +620bps to 23.9%.
- Returned $286M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks in 2021.
- Company raised 2025 Higher Standard growth and profitability goals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059527-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952722000003/0000059527-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952722000003/leco-20220210x8k.htm

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