Latest period
55.32M
YoY change
-2.3%
5Y CAGR
-1.5%
Peak year (1996)
99.73M
Latest annual
55.88M
Shares Outstanding history chart for Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: 55.88M
Shares Outstanding growth chart for Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: -2.3%
Shares Outstanding history table for Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) from 1994 to 2025
| 2025 | 55.88M | -2.3% | -1.32M | ||
| 2024 | 57.19M | -1.8% | -1.03M | ||
| 2023 | 58.22M | -0.9% | -528,000 | ||
| 2022 | 58.75M | -2.2% | -1.31M | ||
| 2021 | 60.06M | -0.3% | -186,000 | ||
| 2020 | 60.25M | -3.8% | -2.41M | ||
| 2019 | 62.66M | -4.6% | -3.02M | ||
| 2018 | 65.68M | -1.4% | -961,000 | ||
| 2017 | 66.64M | -2.2% | -1.51M | ||
| 2016 | 68.16M | -8.9% | -6.70M | ||
| 2015 | 74.85M | -6.5% | -5.24M | ||
| 2014 | 80.10M | -3.5% | -2.95M | ||
| 2013 | 83.04M | -1.3% | -1.13M | ||
| 2012 | 84.17M | -0.6% | -533,000 | ||
| 2011 | 84.71M | -0.6% | -515,000 | ||
| 2010 | 85.22M | -0.1% | -45,000 | ||
| 2009 | 85.27M | -1.0% | -840,000 | ||
| 2008 | 86.11M | -0.8% | -676,000 | ||
| 2007 | 86.78M | +0.9% | +784,983 | ||
| 2006 | 86.00M | +2.0% | +1.65M | ||
| 2005 | 84.35M | +1.3% | +1.06M | ||
| 2004 | 83.29M | +0.0% | +15,771 | ||
| 2003 | 83.27M | -3.3% | -2.83M | ||
| 2002 | 86.10M | +0.9% | +808,043 | ||
| 2001 | 85.29M | -0.1% | -51,550 | ||
| 2000 | 85.35M | -6.5% | -5.89M | ||
| 1999 | 91.23M | -7.0% | -6.88M | ||
| 1998 | 98.12M | -0.6% | -613,141 | ||
| 1997 | 98.73M | -1.0% | -1.00M | ||
| 1996 | 99.73M | +6.6% | +6.20M | ||
| 1995 | 93.54M | +113.4% | +49.70M | ||
| 1994 | 43.84M | — | — |
- 202555.88M-2.3%
- 202457.19M-1.8%
- 202358.22M-0.9%
- 202258.75M-2.2%
- 202160.06M-0.3%
- 202060.25M-3.8%
- 201962.66M-4.6%
- 201865.68M-1.4%
- 201766.64M-2.2%
- 201668.16M-8.9%
- 201574.85M-6.5%
- 201480.10M-3.5%
- 201383.04M-1.3%
- 201284.17M-0.6%
- 201184.71M-0.6%
- 201085.22M-0.1%
- 200985.27M-1.0%
- 200886.11M-0.8%
- 200786.78M+0.9%
- 200686.00M+2.0%
- 200584.35M+1.3%
- 200483.29M+0.0%
- 200383.27M-3.3%
- 200286.10M+0.9%
- 200185.29M-0.1%
- 200085.35M-6.5%
- 199991.23M-7.0%
- 199898.12M-0.6%
- 199798.73M-1.0%
- 199699.73M+6.6%
- 199593.54M+113.4%
- 199443.84M—
Shares Outstanding values are taken from Lincoln Electric Holdings's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Shares Outstanding at Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)
According to Lincoln Electric Holdings's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported diluted shares outstanding is 55.32M. Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding is the share count used to compute per-share metrics like EPS. Buybacks lower it; new issuance, stock-based compensation, and convertible securities raise it. Multiply by the stock price for market capitalization.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) diluted shares outstanding is 55.88M – edged down 2.3% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Lincoln Electric Holdings diluted shares outstanding delivered a -1.5% annualised rate; with a net decline across the window.
Between 1996 and 2025, Lincoln Electric Holdings diluted shares outstanding plunged 44.0%, falling from 99.73M to 55.88M.
Across the available history, diluted shares outstanding reached its high of 99.73M in 1996 and its low of 43.84M in 1994.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding by Year
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding 2025: 55.88M
Lincoln Electric Holdings diluted shares outstanding in 2025 was 55.88M, edged down 2.3% below 2024.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding 2024: 57.19M
2024's diluted shares outstanding for Lincoln Electric Holdings came in at 57.19M, edged down 1.8% below 2023.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding 2023: 58.22M
Lincoln Electric Holdings posted diluted shares outstanding of 58.22M in 2023, edged down 0.9% below 2022.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding 2022: 58.75M
In 2022, Lincoln Electric Holdings reported diluted shares outstanding of 58.75M, edged down 2.2% below 2021.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Shares Outstanding 2021: 60.06M
Lincoln Electric Holdings diluted shares outstanding in 2021 was 60.06M.
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