---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059527-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:25:59.186289+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric reports record Q4 sales $930.9M, EPS $1.87 (+50% YoY); FY2022 record margins

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $930.9M (+10% YoY); organic sales +14.3%; EPS $1.87 (+50% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.94 (+21%).
- Full year 2022 net sales $3.8B (+16% YoY); record operating margin 16.3%; adjusted margin 16.8%; EPS $8.04 (+75%).
- Completed Fori Automation acquisition Dec 1, 2022 for $427M cash; funded with cash and $400M term loan.
- Returned $312M to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in FY2022.
- CEO cites strong execution; expects organic growth and Fori to generate value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059527-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952723000002/0000059527-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952723000002/leco-20230221x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC reported financial results for quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 21, 2023, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952723000002/0000059527-23-000002-index.htm

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