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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059527-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:30:25.501273+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric Q4 2024 sales down 3.4% to $1.02B; adjusted EPS $2.57 up from $2.45

## Summary
- Net sales of $1,022M, down 3.4% YoY; organic sales fell 7.5%, acquisitions added 5.2%.
- GAAP EPS $2.47; adjusted EPS $2.57 vs $2.45 in Q4 2023, driven by margin expansion.
- Full-year 2024 net sales $4.01B (-4.4% YoY); adjusted EPS $9.29 vs $9.41 in 2023.
- Q4 adjusted operating margin 18.2% (up from 17.2% last year); full-year margin 17.6%.
- Generated $599M operating cash flow; returned $426M via dividends and buybacks in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059527-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000004/0000059527-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000004/leco-20250213x8k.htm

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