secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)
CIK:        0000059527
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059527-25-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lincoln Electric Q1 EPS $2.10 ($2.16 adj.), sales $1,004M; cash flow record $186M
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- Net income $118.5M ($2.10 EPS) vs $123.4M ($2.14 EPS) a year ago; adjusted EPS $2.16 vs $2.23.
- Sales up 2.4% to $1,004M; acquisitions add 4.9%, organic sales decline 1.2%, FX -1.3%.
- Operating margin 16.4% (adj. 16.9%) vs 16.8% (adj. 17.5%) in prior-year quarter.
- Record Q1 cash from operations $186M; cash conversion 130%.
- Returned $150M to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000011/0000059527-25-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000011/leco-20250430x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059527-25-000011

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