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Lincoln Electric Holdings

Past year was a negative year for Lincoln Electric Holdings investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Lincoln Electric Holdings, the stock gained around 56 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock rose on average 111 percent. Lincoln Electric Holdings's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite stable and moved between 2,85 billion dollars and 2,54 billion dollars. During 2011 and 2015 Lincoln Electric Holdings's net results were very volatile and fluctuated between 217,01 million dollars and 127,41 million dollars.

Lincoln Electric Holdings mainly operates in the hardware sector. Over the past 10 years the global hardware & equipment companies gained around 122 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 91 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a plus of 122 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Lincoln Electric Holdings's dividend yield was at around 4,35 percent per year.

Lincoln Electric Holdings financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of around 1,78 billion dollars. The total debt of the hardware & equipment company was at the end of 2015 852,58 million dollars, which equals around 47,79 percent of the total balance sheet. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 18. So the market valued the stock at 18 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the hardware & equipment company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 3,8 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 74,11 million stocks were listed.

All Lincoln Electric Holdings's financial reports are available here. More information about Lincoln Electric Holdings can be found it's website. .