---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059527-22-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:45:16.262912+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric reports record Q2 sales of $969.6M; EPS up 36% to $2.18

## Summary
- Net sales $969.6M (+17.3% YoY); organic +20.5%; operating margin 17.3% record.
- Record EPS $2.18 (+36.3%); Adjusted EPS $2.18 (+30.5%).
- ROIC up 490 bps to 26.3%; returned $57.7M to shareholders in Q2.
- Six-month sales $1.9B (+19.7%); adjusted operating income $331.2M vs $234.3M prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059527-22-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+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/59527/000005952722000024/0000059527-22-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952722000024/leco-20220728x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059527-22-000024.txt

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