LECO - Lincoln Electric Holdings - Stock Forecast

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LECO is currently covered by 9 analysts with an average price target of $223.17. This is a potential upside of $20.16 (9.93%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $203.01.

Lincoln Electric Holdings's activity chart (see below) currently has 105 price targets and 92 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of LECO is 48.57% BUY, 40% HOLD and 11.43% SELL.

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Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 83.73% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 223.18 days.

Highest price target for LECO is $265, Lowest price target is $180, average price target is $231.88.

Most recent stock forecast was given by ANGEL CASTILLO from MORGAN STANLEY on 05-May-2025. First documented stock forecast 03-Apr-2016.

Best performing analysts who are covering LECO - Lincoln Electric Holdings:

Walt Liptak Chris Dankert Angel Castillo Steve Barger Saree Boroditsky Bryan Blair Mircea Dobre Adam Seiden Nathan Jones Dillon Cumming

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of LECO, 17 are a BUY (48.57%), 14 are a HOLD (40%), 4 are a SELL (11.43%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Time (Days) For PT To Be Met

Performance score

Angel Castillo (MORGAN STANLEY)

Sell

$180

$-5.88 (-3.16%)

$179

11 days ago
(05-May-2025)

3/4 (75%)

$-0.47 (-0.26%)

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Nathan Jones (STIFEL)

Hold

$180

$-5.88 (-3.16%)

$178

16 days ago
(30-Apr-2025)

22/24 (91.67%)

$2.36 (1.33%)

102

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Adam Seiden (BARCLAYS)

Buy

$235

$49.12 (26.43%)

$185

2 months 29 days ago
(17-Feb-2025)

8/9 (88.89%)

$18.19 (8.39%)

336

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Steve Barger (KEYBANK)

Buy

$230

$44.12 (23.74%)

$240

6 months 3 days ago
(13-Nov-2024)

4/7 (57.14%)

$23.32 (11.28%)

418

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Chris Dankert (LOOP CAPITAL)

Buy

$265

$79.12 (42.57%)

$195

11 months 23 days ago
(23-May-2024)

2/3 (66.67%)

$64.84 (32.39%)

152

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What is LECO (Lincoln Electric Holdings) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 223.18 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 83.73

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on LECO (Lincoln Electric Holdings) with a proven track record?

WALT LIPTAK

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on LECO (Lincoln Electric Holdings)?

Walt Liptak works at SEAPORT and has 5 price targets and 3 ratings on LECO

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on LECO (Lincoln Electric Holdings)?

Walt Liptak with highest potential upside - $99.12

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on LECO (Lincoln Electric Holdings)?

Mircea Dobre with lowest potential downside - -$55.3

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