Lincoln Electric Holdings

LECO • NASDAQ

Lincoln Electric Holdings is a manufacturing - tools & accessories company in the industrials sector on NASDAQ, led by Christopher L. Mapes, with a market cap of $13.4B. As of Q3 2025, 75% of shares are held by 610 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 9.78%.

President and Chief Executive OfficerChristopher L. Mapes

Market Cap$13.4B

Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories

Industrials

Employees12.0K

Websitelincolnelectric.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in LECO as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $13.0B

All Institutions

Institutions: 610
Value Held: $9.8B
Shares Held: 41.7M
Avg Position: $16.1M
Median Position: $929.9K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 49
Value Held: $644.3M
Shares Held: 2.7M
Avg Position: $13.1M
Median Position: $3.6M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

70.54%

$9.2B

Hedge Funds

4.95%

$644.3M

Retail & Other

24.51%

$3.2B

Based on market cap of $13.0B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in LECO as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$1.3B 0.02% of portfolio	9.78% 5.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$1.2B 0.02% of portfolio	9.21% 5.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$548.5M 0.02% of portfolio	4.20% 2.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	David Craig Brown CEO	$436.5M 0.28% of portfolio	3.35% 1.9M shares	Q1 2017 Held for 8y 8m	$158.22B
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$306.8M 0.02% of portfolio	2.36% 1.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	Jamie Dimon CEO	$264.6M 0.02% of portfolio	2.03% 1.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.56T
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	Brian Christopher Hartigan CEO	$216.9M 0.03% of portfolio	1.67% 919.9K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$633.08B
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	Joseph Francis Feeney CEO	$200.5M 0.20% of portfolio	1.54% 850.2K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$97.8B
EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. Long Only Manager	Clifford Tye Bousada CEO	$180.5M 1.35% of portfolio	1.39% 765.4K shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$13.4B
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	David Gary Kabiller Founder	$171.2M 0.11% of portfolio	1.32% 726.9K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$156.17B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for LECO in Q3 2025

Traded: −$157.8M
Buyers: 319
Sellers: 253
Total Bought: +$748.7M
Total Sold: −$906.5M
Avg Position: $14.8M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
Cartenna Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$63.7M +270.0K shares	$73.1M 310.0K shares
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$52.3M +221.9K shares	$216.9M 919.9K shares
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	+$39.6M +167.8K shares	$200.5M 850.2K shares
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$30.7M +130.3K shares	$171.2M 726.9K shares
A Allianz Asset Management AG Institution	+$30.6M +129.9K shares	$43.4M 184.2K shares
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$29.2M +123.8K shares	$32.4M 137.4K shares
A AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC Institution	+$27.7M +117.6K shares	$81.0M 343.5K shares
LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC Long Only Manager	+$21.2M +90.0K shares	$48.2M 204.5K shares
Q Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Institution	+$20.9M +88.4K shares	$76.5M 324.3K shares
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$20.3M +86.1K shares	$22.1M 93.9K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. Long Only Manager	−$266.9M −1.1M shares	$180.5M 765.4K shares
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	−$103.1M −437.0K shares	$264.6M 1.1M shares
UBS Group AG Institution	−$56.4M −239.1K shares	$82.9M 351.7K shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$48.8M −207.0K shares	$18.7M 79.3K shares
Interval Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$31.2M −150.5K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
STATE STREET CORP Institution	−$28.6M −120.8K shares	$548.5M 2.3M shares
A AXA Institution	−$25.3M −122.1K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	−$24.7M −104.7K shares	$1.3B 5.4M shares
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	−$21.3M −90.5K shares	$1.2B 5.1M shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$19.2M −92.5K shares	Sold Off 0 shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited LECO in Q3 2025

New Positions: 36
New Value: $11.9M
Exited Positions: 52
Exited Value: $132.3M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
F FIL Ltd Institution	$2.1M 9.0K shares
CWA Asset Management Group, LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.7M 7.1K shares
SummitTX Capital, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.3M 5.5K shares
Krilogy Financial LLC RIA/Wealth	$771.4K 3.4K shares
QRG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. Long Only Manager	$680.9K 2.9K shares
ELEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$502.8K 2.1K shares
Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	$444.5K 1.9K shares
Northside Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	$353.7K 1.5K shares
Requisite Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	$309.7K 1.3K shares
Savvy Advisors, Inc. RIA/Wealth	$303.7K 1.3K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
Interval Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$31.2M 150.5K shares
A AXA Institution	$25.3M 122.1K shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$19.2M 92.5K shares
Distillate Capital Partners LLC ETF Provider	$14.7M 70.9K shares
Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. RIA/Wealth	$12.8M 61.6K shares
SAPIENT CAPITAL LLC RIA/Wealth	$7.8M 37.6K shares
T TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Institution	$4.8M 23.2K shares
X XTX Topco Ltd Institution	$3.1M 14.9K shares
T TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC Institution	$2.7M 12.8K shares
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.1M 5.1K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in LECO as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 5
Call Value: $7.8M
Put Positions: 5
Put Value: $5.6M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$3.6M 151.0 contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$2.7M 116.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$1.1M 48.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$351.7K 15.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	- - contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$3.0M 127.0 contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.7M 70.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$683.9K 29.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$304.8K 13.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	- - contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with LECO as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
P Park Edge Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	Richard Wayne Lowrie Managing Partner	36.74% $157.7M	1.21% 668.6K shares	Q4 2022 Held for 2y 11m	$429.1M
CM WEALTH ADVISORS LLC RIA/Wealth	Robert Douglas Mccreery CEO	8.86% $33.6M	0.26% 142.0K shares	Q2 2022 Held for 3y 5m	$379.1M
A ABSHER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC RIA/Wealth	Michael Forester Absher President	4.40% $36.9M	0.28% 156.3K shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$836.9M
Cartenna Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Sean Mcduffy President	3.81% $73.1M	0.56% 310.0K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$1.9B
DIAMANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. RIA/Wealth	Lisette Diamant President	2.45% $3.3M	0.03% 14.1K shares	Q3 2021 Held for 4y 2m	$135.8M
VELA Investment Management, LLC Long Only Manager	Roderick Hadley Dillon CEO	2.38% $8.3M	0.06% 35.1K shares	Q3 2023 Held for 2y 2m	$347.1M
L LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE RIA/Wealth	Thomas Joseph Sudyka Director	2.26% $11.9M	0.09% 50.7K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$528.2M
R ROBOTTI ROBERT Institution	-	2.00% $11.7M	0.09% 49.7K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$585.9M
S Sapience Investments, LLC Long Only Manager	Samir (Nmn) Sikka CEO	1.98% $506.6K	0.00% 2.1K shares	Q2 2020 Held for 5y 5m	$25.5M
B Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	Gary Richard Mikula President	1.97% $46.7M	0.36% 198.2K shares	Q4 2022 Held for 2y 11m	$2.4B

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in LECO

CITADEL ADVISORS LLC

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerKenneth Cordele Griffin

Portfolio Value: $122.08B
Positions: 5,531
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Lincoln Electric Holdings

Market Value: $16.4M
Shares Held: 69.4K
Portfolio Weight: 0.01%
Owned Since: 2013-Q3

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