Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director Benny Purushotam Patel unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.27 million on Aug 04 ’25. In the deal valued at $244.00 per share,1,113 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Benny Purushotam Patel now holds 7,622 shares worth roughly $1.87 million.
Then, BENNY P PATEL bought 1,113 shares, generating $271,572 in total proceeds.
Before that, MICHELE KUHRT bought 2,268 shares. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc shares valued at $457,269 were divested by the Officer at a price of $201.62 per share.
Morgan Stanley initiated its Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [LECO] rating to an Underweight in a research note published on January 08, 2024; the price target was $178. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Seaport Research Partners’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late October from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. UBS began covering LECO with “Sell” recommendation on September 27, 2023. Oppenheimer revised its rating on July 21, 2023. It rated LECO as “a Perform” which previously was an “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of LECO
On Tuesday, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc [NASDAQ:LECO] saw its stock jump 0.71% to $245.58. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 9.59%. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc shares have risen nearly 23.54% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 31.00% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.21 million shares to a total of 0.92 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.13 million shares. There was a decline of -22.54%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
