Lincoln Electric (LECO) Competitors

SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) and Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is SPXC or LECO more profitable?

Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 13.23% compared to Lincoln Electric's net margin of 5.32%. SPX Technologies' return on equity of 43.81% beat Lincoln Electric's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPX Technologies	5.32%	18.18%	8.46%
Lincoln Electric	13.23%	43.81%	16.50%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPXC or LECO?

92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of SPX Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SPXC or LECO?

Lincoln Electric has higher revenue and earnings than SPX Technologies. Lincoln Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPX Technologies	$1.74B	3.70	$89.90M	$2.05	68.01
Lincoln Electric	$4.13B	2.70	$545.25M	$9.42	20.85

Do analysts prefer SPXC or LECO?

SPX Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $141.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.13%. Lincoln Electric has a consensus price target of $225.29, suggesting a potential upside of 14.73%. Given SPX Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lincoln Electric is more favorable than SPX Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPX Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Lincoln Electric	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPXC or LECO?

SPX Technologies received 4 more outperform votes than Lincoln Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Lincoln Electric an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave SPX Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPX Technologies	Outperform Votes 445 59.25%	Underperform Votes 306 40.75%
Lincoln Electric	Outperform Votes 441 59.68%	Underperform Votes 298 40.32%

Does the media refer more to SPXC or LECO?

In the previous week, Lincoln Electric had 5 more articles in the media than SPX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lincoln Electric and 5 mentions for SPX Technologies. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat SPX Technologies' score of 0.33 indicating that SPX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPX Technologies	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lincoln Electric	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SPXC or LECO?

SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lincoln Electric beats SPX Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.