Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. · LECO · NASDAQ
Dividend report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$282.80 -0.58% on the day, -$1.64
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Yearly payout / yield
$3.16·1.12%
$0.79 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
$0.87/qtr
pays Jan 15, 2027 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Dec 31
own by Dec 30 ⓘ
Years without a cut
26+ yrs
26 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2000raised2008raised2020raised2022raised
raised through all four
Yield vs history ⓘ
27
Below its usual yield
LECO share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
LECO Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +10.1%3Y +7.0%5Y +9.2%10Y +9.5%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. The enlarge button shows all 123 payments since 1995.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +10.13% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year, to no less than 5%. Today's $3.16 a year would be $4.58 by 2031 - 1.62% on today's $282.80 price.

How Many LECO Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $3.16 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 1,899 LECO shares, about $537,037 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $282.80. $1,000 a month takes about 3,798 shares, about $1,074,074. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) pays $0.79 a share quarterly, $3.16 a year, a 1.12% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $282.80. It has paid since 1995 and raised its annual dividend 26 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.79 quarterly and the last close of $282.80, this is what LECO pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.79$0.26$3.16
100 shares$79.00$26.33$316.00
$10,000 invested (35.4 shares)$27.93$9.31$111.74
1,899 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.21$500.07$6,000.84
3,798 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.42$1,000.14$12,001.68

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 LECO shares reinvest into 0.28 new shares each payment, about 1.1 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 358 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with LECO’s own history in the LECO DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

LECO Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

27/100Below its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • LECO yields 1.12% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $282.80.
  • Its own 10-year median is 1.59%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
1.10% low1.82% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is LECO’s Next Dividend? January 2027 Ex-Date and Pay Date

LECO’s next dividend is $0.87 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Dec 31, 2026. Own LECO by the close on Dec 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Jan 15, 2027. The latest one, $0.79 a share, went ex on Sep 30, 2026 and paid Oct 2, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 92 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does LECO Pay?

LECO pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$3.16 a share, in 4 payments.
+5.3% against the 12 months before ($3.00 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. Ex-dates fall in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 26 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Dec 31, 2026 - $0.79 to $0.87 (+$0.08, +10.13%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.04 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 30.3% - $3.16 paid / $10.43 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 31.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: 33.9% - $3.16 paid / $9.32 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 31.0% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

LECO vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CSL, CHRW...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Industrials companies closest to LECO in market value, LECO’s 1.12% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 0.83%, and its raise streak of 26 years is the 3rd longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
LECO $282.80Lincoln Electric Holdings $0.79/qtr$3.16/yr fwd 1.12% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 26+ yrsraised 26 yrs in a row
CSL $396.64Carlisle Companies $1.25/qtr$5.00/yr fwd 1.26% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 38+ yrsraised 38+ yrs in a row
CHRW $128.99C.H. Robinson Worldwide $0.63/qtr$2.52/yr fwd 1.95% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 held2022 raised 27+ yrsraised 27 yrs in a row
WCC $316.52WESCO International $0.50/qtr$2.00/yr fwd 0.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row
ZTO $20.66ZTO Express (Cayman) $0.39/yr 1.89% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 held2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 7+ yrsno raise streak
CNH $12.82CNH Industrial N.V. $0.10/yr 0.78% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 0 yrsno raise streak
TXT $85.42Textron $0.02/qtr$0.08/yr fwd 0.09% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20092000 held2008 cut2020 held2022 held 16 yrsno raise streak
ALLE $190.52Allegion $0.55/qtr$2.20/yr fwd 1.15% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 11+ yrsraised 11+ yrs in a row
LTM $50.58LATAM Airlines Group S.A. $0.132/yr 0.26% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row
ARMK $54.76Aramark $0.12/qtr$0.48/yr fwd 0.88% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 held2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 11+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
ULS $81.19UL Solutions $0.145/qtr$0.58/yr fwd 0.71% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 1+ yrraised 1+ yr in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: LECO vs CSL, LECO vs CHRW, LECO vs WCC.

LECO Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1995

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Dec 31, 2026Jan 15, 2027$0.87QuarterlyDeclared
Sep 30, 2026Oct 2, 2026$0.79QuarterlyRegular
Jun 30, 2026Jul 2, 2026$0.79QuarterlyRegular
Mar 31, 2026Apr 2, 2026$0.79QuarterlyRegular
Dec 31, 2025Jan 2, 2026$0.79QuarterlyRegular
Sep 30, 2025Oct 2, 2025$0.75QuarterlyRegular
Jun 30, 2025Jul 2, 2025$0.75QuarterlyRegular
Mar 31, 2025Apr 2, 2025$0.75QuarterlyRegular
Dec 31, 2024Jan 2, 2025$0.75QuarterlyRegular
Sep 30, 2024Oct 2, 2024$0.71QuarterlyRegular
The other 113 LECO payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for LECO

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LECO Dividend Questions

How often does LECO pay dividends?

LECO pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Does LECO pay dividends monthly?

No. LECO pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next LECO dividend?

LECO’s next dividend is $0.87 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Dec 31, 2026. Own LECO by the close on Dec 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Jan 15, 2027. The latest one, $0.79 a share, went ex on Sep 30, 2026 and paid Oct 2, 2026. The current rate is $0.79 per share, $3.16 a year.

Does LECO pay a dividend in January 2027?

Yes. LECO declared $0.87 a share with the ex-date on Dec 31, 2026, paying on Jan 15, 2027. Own LECO by the close on Dec 30, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it.

How much does LECO pay per share?

LECO pays $0.79 a share quarterly, $3.16 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $282.80 that is a 1.12% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 1.59%.

Has LECO raised its dividend?

Yes. LECO has raised its annual dividend 26 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Dec 31, 2026, took the rate from $0.79 to $0.87 (+10.13%). Over five years the dividend grew 9.2% a year.

Is LECO’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. LECO paid out 30% of its earnings and 34% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 26 years in a row and gone 26+ years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2000, 2008, 2020 and 2022 crashes. This is data, not investment advice. The full 13-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my LECO dividends?

Add LECO to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run LECO in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 10, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 13 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.