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Issuer:     LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)
CIK:        0000059527
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059527-25-000022
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lincoln Electric Q2 EPS $2.56 vs $1.77; sales up 6.6%; acquires Alloy Steel for $90M
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- Q2 2025 EPS $2.56 ($2.60 adjusted) vs $1.77 ($2.34 adjusted) prior year; sales $1,089M (+6.6%).
- Operating margin 17.6% (adjusted 17.9%) vs 14.6% (adjusted 17.4%) a year ago.
- Agreed to buy remaining 65% of Alloy Steel Australia for ~$90M; closes Aug 1, 2025; accretive $0.13–0.15/sh annually.
- YTD cash from operations $144M; returned $169M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000022/0000059527-25-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952725000022/leco-20250731x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059527-25-000022

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