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LECO

Rank #142

Rank #142 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.39) · ROE 34.4% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000059527 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowstable
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitystable
  • Net cashdeteriorating
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equityimproving
  • Share count (dilution)deteriorating

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.

USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2022-12-31filed 2023-02-212021-12-31filed 2022-02-182020-12-31filed 2021-02-192019-12-31filed 2020-02-27
Income statement
Revenue3,761.23,234.22,655.43,003.3
Revenue growth (YoY)16.3%21.8%-11.6%-0.8%
Gross profit1,280.81,068.6871.31,007.6
Gross margin34.1%33.0%32.8%33.5%
Net income472.2276.5206.1293.1
Net margin12.6%8.5%7.8%9.8%
EPS (diluted)$8.04$4.60$3.42$4.68
EPS growth (YoY)74.8%34.5%-26.9%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow383.4365.1351.4403.2
Capital expenditures71.962.559.269.6
Free cash flow311.5302.5292.2333.6

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?