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LECO Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.68%
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: $271.11
Price Change: ▼ Price Decrease of -0.01 (0.00%)
As of 05/8/2026 04:00 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
5/8/2026PNC Financial Services Group Inc.11,954$2.98M0.0%+24.7%0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Earned Wealth Advisors LLC1,177$0.29M0.0%+3.8%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Meeder Asset Management Inc.7,273$1.81M0.1%+378.5%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Dimensional Fund Advisors LP497,628$123.94M0.0%-8.3%0.908%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Balefire LLC853$0.21M0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Parallel Advisors LLC606$0.15M0.0%+9.4%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026KBC Group NV1,612$0.40M0.0%+11.8%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Swiss National Bank108,900$27.13M0.0%+0.1%0.199%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Arjuna Capital6,682$1.66M0.4%+2.9%0.012%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/7/2026Heartland Advisors Inc.22,578$5.62M0.3%-7.1%0.041%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/6/2026California Public Employees Retirement System105,590$26.30M0.0%+1.6%0.193%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/6/2026Kera Capital Partners Inc.2,958$0.74M0.1%-1.9%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/6/2026Assetmark Inc.10,857$2.70M0.0%-4.7%0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/6/2026Gallacher Capital Management LLC1,188$0.30M0.1%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/6/2026Independent Financial Group LLC2,742$0.68M0.0%N/A0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/5/2026D.A. Davidson & CO.4,690$1.17M0.0%-1.1%0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/5/2026Bank of New York Mellon Corp445,961$111.08M0.0%-3.0%0.814%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/5/2026Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund16,014$3.99M0.1%+51.7%0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/5/2026Sanctuary Advisors LLC4,762$1.19M0.0%-6.0%0.009%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/5/2026Checchi Capital Advisers LLC959$0.24M0.0%-4.6%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management1,808$0.45M0.0%+59.4%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026State of Michigan Retirement System13,289$3.31M0.0%+2.3%0.024%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Principal Financial Group Inc.308,498$76.84M0.0%-8.9%0.563%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC3,999$1.03M0.0%+1.7%0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Absher Wealth Management LLC141,674$35.29M4.1%-9.2%0.258%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension16,805$4.19M0.1%N/A0.031%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/4/2026Y.D. More Investments Ltd1,891$0.47M0.0%N/A0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/2/2026Diversify Wealth Management LLC7,785$2.01M0.0%+61.0%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/2/2026Carnegie Investment Counsel74,643$18.59M0.4%-6.6%0.136%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Welch & Forbes LLC209,888$52.28M0.7%-1.3%0.383%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI811$0.20M0.0%N/A0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Midwest Trust Co31,421$7.83M0.1%+1.2%0.057%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Fifth Third Bancorp14,935$3.72M0.0%+1,705.9%0.027%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Farrow Financial Inc.9,639$2.40M1.4%-13.0%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
5/1/2026Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC6,961$1.73M0.0%+25.6%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/30/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC7,503$1.86M0.0%-49.9%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/30/2026Griffin Asset Management Inc.1,400$0.35M0.0%-22.2%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/30/2026Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV13,981$3.48M0.4%-12.1%0.026%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/30/2026Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund11,333$2.82M0.0%+3.2%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/29/2026WealthPLAN Partners LLC9,980$2.49M0.5%-24.8%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/29/2026Jackson Thornton Wealth Management LLC1,241$0.32M0.0%+4.6%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/29/2026Clare Market Investments LLC4,275$1.07M0.2%N/A0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/29/2026Burney Co.810$0.20M0.0%-13.0%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc12,000$2.99M0.5%+71.4%0.022%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026Praxis Investment Management Inc.1,966$0.49M0.0%+13.0%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026Koshinski Asset Management Inc.7,809$1.95M0.1%-3.0%0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026Beacon Financial Advisory LLC2,337$0.58M0.1%+4.6%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/28/2026QRG Capital Management Inc.5,277$1.31M0.0%-1.2%0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026HB Wealth Management LLC2,180$0.54M0.0%+50.0%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026World Investment Advisors3,690$0.92M0.0%-1.5%0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026New York State Teachers Retirement System62,853$15.66M0.0%-2.8%0.115%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Private Advisor Group LLC1,740$0.43M0.0%+31.5%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Optas LLC1,217$0.30M0.0%+9.9%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd20,797$5.18M0.1%+83.6%0.038%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Leonteq Securities AG337$84K0.0%-27.2%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/27/2026Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC3,212$0.80M0.0%N/A0.006%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/25/2026Boston Trust Walden Corp305,870$76.19M0.6%+0.7%0.558%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/25/2026Keybank National Association OH537,086$133.78M0.5%-8.4%0.980%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/24/2026Root Financial Partners LLC350$87K0.0%+118.8%0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/24/2026Deprince Race & Zollo Inc.41,425$10.32M0.2%+7.7%0.076%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/23/2026Inspire Investing LLC1,347$0.34M0.0%-79.5%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/23/2026Apollon Wealth Management LLC1,425$0.36M0.0%+11.9%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/23/2026Orange Investment Advisors Inc.13,886$3.46M0.4%-20.1%0.025%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Ifrah Financial Services Inc.1,793$0.45M0.1%-2.4%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Diamant Asset Management Inc.3,839,568$956.36M3.2%+24,685.8%7.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc.97,300$24.24M0.9%-2.4%0.177%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Pictet Asset Management Holding SA118,227$29.45M0.0%+1,315.0%0.216%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Sterling Capital Management LLC1,810$0.45M0.0%-43.0%0.003%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/22/2026Venturi Wealth Management LLC881$0.22M0.0%N/A0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/21/2026GHP Investment Advisors Inc.77,281$19.25M0.8%-0.3%0.141%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/21/2026Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC2,392$0.60M0.0%-26.9%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/21/2026Threadgill Financial LLC3,981$0.99M0.3%-2.7%0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/21/2026Louisiana State Employees Retirement System16,000$3.99M0.1%N/A0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC2,922$0.73M0.0%N/A0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Park Edge Advisors LLC631,144$157.21M36.2%-5.6%1.151%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Ritholtz Wealth Management1,203$0.30M0.0%-9.3%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC1,997$0.50M0.0%+3.8%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/20/2026Banque Cantonale Vaudoise701$0.18M0.0%N/A0.001%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Krilogy Financial LLC3,690$0.93M0.0%-2.4%0.007%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Telos Capital Management Inc.997$0.25M0.0%-25.0%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Citadel Investment Advisory Inc.1,261$0.31M0.2%-11.3%0.002%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/17/2026Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO9,803$2.44M0.8%-20.0%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/16/2026SG Americas Securities LLC20,347$5.07M0.0%-81.9%0.037%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/16/2026Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.800,524$199.40M2.0%+72.1%1.460%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
4/16/2026Diversified Trust Co2,611$0.65M0.0%-27.6%0.005%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
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
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: $271.11
Low: $269.39
High: $273.64

50 Day Range

MA: $260.79
Low: $238.05
High: $287.42

52 Week Range

Now: $271.11
Low: $185.37
High: $310.00

Volume

287,584 shs

Average Volume

378,847 shs

Market Capitalization

$14.85 billion

P/E Ratio

27.98

Dividend Yield

1.17%

Beta

1.24

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

Lincoln Electric's top insider shareholders include:
  1. G Russell Lincoln (Director)
  2. Christopher L Mapes (CEO)
  3. Christopher L Mapes (Chairman)
  4. John Stropki (Chairman)
  5. Vincent K Petrella (Insider)
  6. Steven B Hedlund (CEO)
  7. Kathryn Jo Lincoln (Director)
  8. George D Blankenship (VP)
  9. Vincent Petrella (CFO)
  10. Steven B Hedlund (COO)
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. Diamant Asset Management Inc. — 7.00%
  2. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. — 1.46%
  3. Park Edge Advisors LLC — 1.15%
  4. Keybank National Association OH — 0.98%
  5. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 0.91%
  6. Bank of New York Mellon Corp — 0.81%
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. SG Americas Securities LLC
  2. Keybank National Association OH
  3. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
  4. Park Edge Advisors LLC
  5. Principal Financial Group Inc.
  6. Absher Wealth Management LLC
  7. Bank of New York Mellon Corp
  8. Hsbc Holdings PLC
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. Diamant Asset Management Inc.
  2. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.
  3. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA
  4. Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension
  5. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System
  6. Fifth Third Bancorp
  7. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd
  8. Meeder Asset Management Inc.

Lincoln Electric Active Insiders

Christopher L Mapes
Christopher L Mapes (Age 63)
Chairman, President & CEO
Gabriel Bruno
Gabriel Bruno (Age 58)
CFO
Kathryn Jo Lincoln
Kathryn Jo Lincoln
Director
Jennifer I. Ansberry
Jennifer I. Ansberry (Age 52)
EVP
Michele R Kuhrt
Michele R Kuhrt (Age 58)
EVP
Steven B. Hedlund
Steven B. Hedlund (Age 58)
EVP
Michael J Whitehead
Michael J Whitehead (Age 52)
SVP
Douglas S. Lance
Douglas S. Lance (Age 57)
SVP
Thomas A. Flohn
Thomas A. Flohn (Age 65)
SVP
Geoffrey P Allman
Geoffrey P Allman
SVP
Peter M Pletcher
Peter M Pletcher
SVP
Gregory Doria
Gregory Doria
SVP