secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)
CIK:        0000059527
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T13:22:24+00:00
Accession:  0000059527-26-000021
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lincoln Electric Q2 net sales up 12% to record $1.22B; adjusted EPS $2.93 vs $2.60 YoY
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- Net sales record $1,219.7M, +12.0% YoY; organic sales +10.1%.
- Adjusted EPS $2.93 vs $2.60 YoY; GAAP EPS $2.88 vs $2.56.
- Operating income margin 18.1% (adjusted 18.4%) vs 17.6% (adjusted 17.9%) YoY.
- Cash from operations $254M, 138% cash conversion; returned $120M to shareholders.
- Six-month sales +11.9% to $2,341.1M; adjusted EPS $5.43 vs $4.76.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952726000021/0000059527-26-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000005952726000021/leco-20260730x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059527-26-000021

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