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LECO Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 2.63%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $5,745,148.42

Lincoln Electric Insider Trading History Chart

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Lincoln Electric Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $252.70
Price Change: ▲ Price Increase of +2.98 (1.19%)
As of 03/23/2026 05:00 PM ET

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Lincoln Electric Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
9/16/2025Michael J. WhiteheadSVPSell1,000$233.23$233,230.009,177View SEC Filing Icon  
9/11/2025Steven B HedlundCEOSell12,387$243.36$3,014,500.3255,866View SEC Filing Icon  
8/12/2025Jennifer I AnsberryEVPSell3,000$242.18$726,540.0019,173View SEC Filing Icon  
8/8/2025Gabriel BrunoEVPSell7,305$242.42$1,770,878.1029,927View SEC Filing Icon  
2/19/2025Steven B HedlundCEOSell21,054$215.47$4,536,505.3854,660View SEC Filing Icon  
9/6/2024Michael J. WhiteheadSVPSell1,100$175.96$193,556.0011,178View SEC Filing Icon  
2/27/2024Geoffrey P. AllmanSVPSell3,306$252.33$834,202.989,150View SEC Filing Icon  
2/23/2024Gabriel BrunoCFOSell12,820$247.95$3,178,719.0022,402View SEC Filing Icon  
12/12/2023Christopher L. MapesCEOSell68,610$207.09$14,208,444.90114,620View SEC Filing Icon  
12/7/2023Steven B HedlundCOOSell12,880$203.59$2,622,239.2040,122View SEC Filing Icon  
11/10/2023Michele R KuhrtEVPSell4,290$184.86$793,049.4016,660View SEC Filing Icon  
8/21/2023Michael J. WhiteheadSVPSell1,100$185.64$204,204.0011,716View SEC Filing Icon  
8/1/2023Jennifer I AnsberryEVPSell8,962$200.27$1,794,819.7419,570View SEC Filing Icon  
6/14/2023Christopher L. MapesCEOSell89,030$194.22$17,291,406.60180,384View SEC Filing Icon  
6/13/2023Steven B HedlundCOOSell2,180$195.77$426,778.6038,943View SEC Filing Icon  
6/12/2023Kathryn Jo LincolnDirectorSell6,000$191.58$1,149,480.0034,077View SEC Filing Icon  
6/8/2023Peter M. PletcherSVPSell1,845$190.92$352,247.404,429View SEC Filing Icon  
5/12/2023Michele R KuhrtEVPSell3,505$168.10$589,190.5016,660View SEC Filing Icon  
5/11/2023Steven B HedlundCOOSell8,235$166.52$1,371,292.2041,123View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO)

79.61% of Lincoln Electric stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

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Lincoln Electric Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
3/20/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC14,981$3.60M0.0%-11.4%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/17/2026Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.2,156$0.52M0.0%+72.2%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/16/2026Bank of New Hampshire2,877$0.69M0.2%-9.7%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/13/2026World Investment Advisors3,748$0.90M0.0%+6.9%0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/9/2026Corient Private Wealth LLC8,293$1.99M0.0%+252.1%0.015%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/6/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC14,981$3.60M0.0%-11.4%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
3/3/2026Midway Capital Research & Management10,300$2.47M2.4%N/A0.019%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/25/2026Tempo Wealth LLC4,124$0.99M0.2%N/A0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/25/2026Mariner Investment Group LLC16,000$3.83M0.2%+6.7%0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/24/2026Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.797$0.19M0.0%N/A0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/24/2026Pacer Advisors Inc.6,580$1.58M0.0%-11.4%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/23/2026Kera Capital Partners Inc.3,014$0.80M0.1%+78.1%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/19/2026Compound Planning Inc.1,882$0.45M0.0%+27.9%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/19/2026Invesco Ltd.915,983$219.51M0.0%-0.4%1.665%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/19/2026Corient Private Wealth LLC186,944$44.80M0.0%+7,838.2%0.340%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV14,901$3.57M0.0%+64.8%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Vident Advisory LLC2,392$0.57M0.0%+121.3%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026State of Tennessee Department of Treasury21,078$5.59M0.0%-12.7%0.038%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026EP Wealth Advisors LLC982$0.24M0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Mackenzie Financial Corp4,183$1.02M0.0%-28.8%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.5,937$1.42M0.0%+15.8%0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026NewEdge Advisors LLC4,214$1.01M0.0%+57.8%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Veratis Advisors Inc.32,800$7.86M6.3%N/A0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Empowered Funds LLC2,417$0.58M0.0%N/A0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026XTX Topco Ltd12,918$3.10M0.1%N/A0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Voloridge Investment Management LLC135,585$32.49M0.1%-25.9%0.246%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026SummitTX Capital L.P.13,276$3.18M0.1%+143.2%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Summit Securities Group LLC193$46K0.0%N/A0.000%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Millennium Management LLC141,068$33.81M0.0%+77.9%0.256%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Man Group plc22,855$5.48M0.0%+9.7%0.042%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Inspire Investing LLC6,572$1.58M0.1%+14.2%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Janus Henderson Group PLC208,017$49.85M0.0%-1.0%0.378%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Gotham Asset Management LLC130,454$31.26M0.1%-4.9%0.237%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Evolve Private Wealth LLC2,859$0.69M0.0%N/A0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Engineers Gate Manager LP6,295$1.51M0.0%-82.9%0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC33,000$7.91M0.0%N/A0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Balyasny Asset Management L.P.32,202$7.72M0.0%N/A0.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/18/2026Boothbay Fund Management LLC44,845$10.75M0.2%+7.9%0.081%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Freestone Grove Partners LP58,654$14.06M0.1%N/A0.107%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026EdgePoint Investment Group Inc.1,464$0.35M0.0%-99.8%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026AQR Capital Management LLC961,732$230.47M0.1%+32.3%1.748%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026WFA of San Diego LLC107$26K0.0%-99.7%0.000%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Cetera Investment Advisers29,346$7.03M0.0%+7.6%0.053%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Lazard Asset Management LLC9,515$2.28M0.0%+21.0%0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Hilltop Holdings Inc.1,832$0.44M0.0%+2.5%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Laird Norton Wetherby Trust Company LLC1,960$0.47M0.0%N/A0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Cartenna Capital LP315,000$75.49M2.5%+1.6%0.572%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Trexquant Investment LP17,817$4.27M0.0%-61.3%0.032%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Amundi2,383$0.57M0.0%N/A0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026FIL Ltd9,230$2.21M0.0%+2.6%0.017%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Jump Financial LLC2,341$0.56M0.0%-15.3%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD46,360$11.11M0.0%+2.7%0.084%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Osaic Holdings Inc.30,077$7.21M0.0%+14.7%0.055%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Advisory Services Network LLC1,179$0.28M0.0%+14.6%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio43,272$10.37M0.0%+7.5%0.079%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026California State Teachers Retirement System52,164$12.50M0.0%-2.4%0.095%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Russell Investments Group Ltd.27,247$6.53M0.0%-27.4%0.050%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Maryland State Retirement & Pension System2,685$0.64M0.0%-6.9%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026State of Wisconsin Investment Board42,336$10.15M0.0%+32.1%0.077%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Captrust Financial Advisors13,800$3.31M0.0%+3.1%0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Blair William & Co. IL1,994$0.48M0.0%+7.1%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Royal Bank of Canada56,364$13.51M0.0%-9.9%0.102%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Sovereign s Capital Management LLC1,119$0.27M0.2%-9.9%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Magnetar Financial LLC19,372$4.64M0.0%-31.6%0.035%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd1,622$0.39M0.2%+356.9%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Beacon Financial Advisory LLC2,234$0.54M0.1%-80.4%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/17/2026Cynosure Group LLC1,884$0.45M0.0%N/A0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC5,063$1.21M0.0%+1.7%0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Venture Visionary Partners LLC1,726$0.41M0.0%N/A0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Verition Fund Management LLC6,785$1.63M0.0%-81.7%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Panagora Asset Management Inc.1,197$0.29M0.0%-11.0%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026MML Investors Services LLC2,700$0.65M0.0%+47.5%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Mariner LLC32,364$7.76M0.0%+119.6%0.059%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Focus Partners Wealth59,758$14.29M0.0%+18.0%0.109%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Arax Advisory Partners925$0.22M0.0%-97.1%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Barclays PLC39,574$9.48M0.0%-43.7%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/16/2026Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc.99,700$23.89M0.8%+23.1%0.181%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Kestra Advisory Services LLC935$0.22M0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Burton Enright Welch20,764$4.98M0.7%N/A0.038%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Meixler Investment Management Ltd.5,125$1.23M0.7%-5.2%0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 40,206$9.64M0.0%-2.3%0.073%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co38,702$9.28M0.0%-17.4%0.070%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Inspire Advisors LLC2,272$0.55M0.1%N/A0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Walleye Capital LLC159,849$38.31M0.1%+16.4%0.290%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Bridgewater Associates LP35,969$8.62M0.0%+30.0%0.065%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026UMB Bank n.a.823$0.20M0.0%+8.7%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Fayez Sarofim & Co106,351$25.49M0.1%-48.1%0.193%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Stifel Financial Corp409,160$98.05M0.1%-0.5%0.744%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Quarry LP338$81K0.0%-10.1%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Commerce Bank9,723$2.33M0.0%-32.5%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Bank of Nova Scotia18,600$4.46M0.0%-46.4%0.034%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Morgan Stanley349,565$83.77M0.0%-12.0%0.635%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Schroder Investment Management Group40,370$9.79M0.0%+82.6%0.073%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Public Sector Pension Investment Board19,881$4.76M0.0%+256.2%0.036%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Morton Community Bank20,165$5.35M1.2%+0.7%0.037%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026First Trust Advisors LP372,537$89.28M0.1%-19.3%0.677%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC1,568$0.38M0.0%-6.6%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Alyeska Investment Group L.P.209,619$50.23M0.1%+49.5%0.381%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Champlain Investment Partners LLC393,724$94.35M1.0%-27.5%0.715%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
2/13/2026Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.369,004$88.43M0.0%+0.6%0.671%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
Data available starting January 2016

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Lincoln Electric logo
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. It offers brazing and soldering filler metals, arc welding equipment, plasma and oxyfuel cutting systems, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, welding accessories, and specialty gas regulators, and education solutions, as well as a portfolio of automated solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing, as well as involved in brazing and soldering alloys, and in the retail business in the United States. In addition, the company manufactures copper and aluminum headers, distributor assemblies, and manifolds for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sector in the United States and Mexico; provides specialty welding consumables, wear plates and maintenance and repair services for alloy and wear-resistant products used in mining, steel, agricultural, and industrial mill applications; and designs and manufactures robotic assembly and arc welding systems that automate the tacking and welding of steel beams. Further, the company serves general fabrication, oil and gas, power generation, process, automotive and transportation, and construction and infrastructure industries, as well as heavy fabrication, ship building, and maintenance and repair markets. It sells its products directly to users of welding products, as well as through industrial distributors, retailers, and agents. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Today's Range

Now: $252.70
Low: $252.29
High: $260.19

50 Day Range

MA: $272.52
Low: $249.72
High: $298.88

52 Week Range

Now: $252.70
Low: $161.11
High: $310.00

Volume

428,892 shs

Average Volume

368,127 shs

Market Capitalization

$13.85 billion

P/E Ratio

27.11

Dividend Yield

1.23%

Beta

1.24

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Lincoln Electric?

Lincoln Electric's top insider shareholders include:
  1. Steven B Hedlund (CEO)
  2. Gabriel Bruno (EVP)
  3. Jennifer I Ansberry (EVP)
  4. Michael J Whitehead (SVP)
Learn More about top insider investors at Lincoln Electric.

Who are the major institutional investors of Lincoln Electric?

Lincoln Electric's top institutional shareholders include:
  1. Vanguard Group Inc. — 9.66%
  2. State Street Corp — 4.05%
  3. Norges Bank — 3.15%
  4. Victory Capital Management Inc. — 3.14%
  5. Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.37%
  6. JPMorgan Chase & Co. — 2.33%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Lincoln Electric stock.

Which major investors are selling Lincoln Electric stock?

Within the previous quarter, LECO stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. EdgePoint Investment Group Inc.
  2. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
  3. Champlain Investment Partners LLC
  4. Victory Capital Management Inc.
  5. Fayez Sarofim & Co
  6. Comerica Bank
  7. State Street Corp
  8. First Trust Advisors LP
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Lincoln Electric company stock include:
  1. Steven B Hedlund (CEO)
  2. Gabriel Bruno (EVP)
  3. Jennifer I Ansberry (EVP)
  4. Michael J Whitehead (SVP)
Learn More investors selling Lincoln Electric stock.

Which major investors are buying Lincoln Electric stock?

Within the previous quarter, LECO stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
  1. Norges Bank
  2. M&T Bank Corp
  3. William Blair Investment Management LLC
  4. AQR Capital Management LLC
  5. Corient Private Wealth LLC
  6. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  7. SG Americas Securities LLC
  8. Allianz Asset Management GmbH