Baird sets USD 317.00 target for Lincoln Electric stock

Published on 10/15/2026 at 19:06 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Results are due on October 27, 2026. Lincoln Electric stock costs EUR 229.00 on October 15, 2026 at 7:02 p.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz.

Analyst target and results date

Robert W. Baird set a USD 317.00 target and kept its Buy rating on October 9, 2026.
Lincoln Electric is scheduled to report third-quarter results on October 27, 2026.
Lincoln Electric stock costs EUR 229.00 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 7:02 p.m. CEST.
The company has a USD 14.0 billion market capitalization and a P/E ratio of 25.68.

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Robert W. Baird set a USD 317.00 price target for Lincoln Electric Holdings and kept its Buy rating in a research note dated October 9, 2026, according to Business Insider. That target stands 23.4 percent above the Nasdaq price of USD 256.87 on October 15, 2026 at 1:05 p.m. ET. Lincoln Electric stock was trading at EUR 229.00 at Lang & Schwarz on October 15, 2026 at 7:02 p.m. CEST.

Results date sets the next marker

Lincoln Electric is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2026 results on October 27, 2026. Simply Wall St lists the date as a pre-market reporting event. The timing gives investors a defined checkpoint for testing the assumptions behind the current analyst target.

Price position and valuation

The Nasdaq quote of USD 256.87 sat between the 52-week low of USD 216.22 and the 52-week high of USD 310.00 on October 15, 2026. The stock was 17.2 percent below its yearly high and 18.8 percent above its yearly low, based on those figures. Its market capitalization was USD 14.0 billion, while the trailing P/E ratio was 25.68.

The euro quotation adds a German trading perspective. At Lang & Schwarz, the stock stood at EUR 229.00 in after-hours trading on October 15, 2026 at 7:02 p.m. CEST. The Nasdaq quote was still in its regular session when the USD 256.87 value was timestamped at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Comparison with peers

LECO (Nasdaq, USD): P/E 25.68, market capitalization USD 14.0 billion.

Eaton (NYSE, USD): minus 2.1 percent, P/E 40.75, market capitalization USD 155.4 billion.

Parker-Hannifin (NYSE, USD): minus 0.5 percent, P/E 33.39, market capitalization USD 120.0 billion.

What the next report will test

The October 27 results will put revenue, operating margin and earnings per share against the expectations embedded in the USD 317.00 target. Lincoln Electric's second-quarter 2026 revenue was USD 1.2 billion, net income was USD 158.5 million, diluted earnings per share were USD 2.88 and operating margin was 18.0 percent. Those figures provide the latest operating baseline for the upcoming report.

After-hours price perspective

For investors in Germany, the important distinction is between the Nasdaq quote in USD and the evening euro quotation at Lang & Schwarz. The analyst target, the October 27 reporting date and the 52-week range provide three separate reference points for reading the stock's valuation.

The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Lincoln Electric stock.