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Illinois Tool Works vs Lincoln Electric (ITW vs LECO)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Illinois Tool Works (ITW) returned +14.7% and Lincoln Electric (LECO) +20.6%; so far this year the figures are +14.1% and +14.9%.
Illinois Tool Works is the larger company by market value, about 5.4 times the size of Lincoln Electric.
On trailing earnings, ITW trades at 25.0 times and LECO at 26.4 times.
Revenue grew +4.8% at ITW and +11.1% at LECO over the last year.
ITW yields 2.33%. LECO yields 1.15%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| ITW | LECO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $280.95 | $275.35 |
| 1-day | -1.56% | +1.18% |
| YTD | +14.07% | +14.90% |
| 1 year | +14.65% | +20.57% |
| 3 years | +25.12% | +56.22% |
| Market cap | $79.8B | $14.9B |
| P/E | 25.0 | 26.4 |
| P/S | 4.80 | 3.21 |
| P/B | 25.41 | 9.59 |
| Revenue growth | +4.80% | +11.10% |
| EPS growth | +8.80% | +11.80% |
| Gross margin % | 53.1 | 35.5 |
| Net margin % | 19.4 | 12.4 |
| ROE % | 102.7 | 37.0 |
| Debt / equity | 2.98 | 0.74 |
| FCF yield % | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.33 | 1.15 |
| Beta | 0.50 | 1.07 |
| RSI (14) | 53.7 | 53.5 |
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