Lincoln Electric

American multinational manufacturer of welding products
Organization business Q6550657
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 15 annual filings
Revenue
$4.23B
▲ 5.6% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$520.53M
▲ 11.7% YoY FY2025
Assets
$3.78B
▲ 7.3% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$9.32
▲ 14.4% YoY FY2025
$0.00$1.16B$2.33B$3.49B$4.66B FY2011: $2.69BFY2012: $2.85BFY2013: $2.85BFY2014: $2.81BFY2015: $2.54BFY2016: $2.27BFY2017: $2.62BFY2018: $3.03B · NI $287.07M (9.5% margin)FY2019: $3.00B · NI $293.11M (9.8% margin)FY2020: $2.66B · NI $206.12M (7.8% margin)FY2021: $3.23B · NI $276.58M (8.6% margin)FY2022: $3.76B · NI $472.22M (12.6% margin)FY2023: $4.19B · NI $545.25M (13.0% margin)FY2024: $4.01B · NI $466.11M (11.6% margin)FY2025: $4.23B · NI $520.53M (12.3% margin) '11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000059527-26-000006

Lincoln Electric

Summary

Lincoln Electric is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lincoln Electric is in the country of United States[3].
  • Lincoln Electric is in the country of FR[4].
  • Lincoln Electric's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Lincoln Electric's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Lincoln Electric's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Lincoln Electric's founder is recorded as John Cromwell Lincoln[8].
  • Lincoln Electric's headquarters location is recorded as Euclid[9].
  • Lincoln Electric's Commons category is recorded as Lincoln Electric[10].
  • Lincoln Electric's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[11].
  • Lincoln Electric's industry is recorded as industrial manufacturing[12].
  • 1895 marks the founding of Lincoln Electric[13].
  • 1900-01-01 marks the founding of Lincoln Electric[14].
  • Lincoln Electric's official website is recorded as http://www.lincolnelectric.com[15].
  • Lincoln Electric's product or material produced is recorded as arc welding[16].
  • Lincoln Electric's legal form is recorded as Q130264220[17].
  • Lincoln Electric's legal form is recorded as K65D[18].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500H0OSTYFIT8AA07[19]

  • Registered legal name: Lincoln Electric SA[20]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[21]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[22]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): K65D[23]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[24]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[25]

  • Entity created: 1900-01-01[26]

  • LEI first registered: 2015-04-22[27]

  • LEI last updated: 2022-12-20[28]

  • LEI next renewal: 2017-07-02[29]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[30]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[31]

  • Authority entity ID: 420046088[32]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[33]

Body

Founding

Lincoln Electric's founder is recorded as John Cromwell Lincoln[8]. Recorded inception include 1895[13] and 1900-01-01[14].

Operations

Lincoln Electric's headquarters location is recorded as Euclid[9].

Industry

Lincoln Electric's industry is recorded as industrial manufacturing[12].

Ownership

Lincoln Electric's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[11]. Its product or material produced is recorded as arc welding[16].

Why It Matters

Lincoln Electric ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

References

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  15. [17] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [20] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [21] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [22] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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