Welding demand is back: 14.5% organic sales growth pushed Lincoln Electric past both EPS and revenue estimates. The board backed it up with a dividend increase to $0.87 a share.
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4 Companies Just Boosted Their Dividends. Not All the Raises Are Equally Safe
A dividend raise signals board confidence in future cash flow, but four recent raises from utilities, a coffee giant, and a fast food empire hide very different levels of safety underneath the…
These 3 Industrial Dividend Stocks Have a Habit of Paying Investors More
Three industrial companies just raised their dividends within days of each other, even as their own markets softened, and the differences in how safely each one can keep doing it reveal a…
Wall Street Cuts Lincoln Electric as Industrial Recovery Already Priced In
Jefferies downgraded Lincoln Electric Holdings (NASDAQ:LECO | LECO Price Prediction) from Buy to Hold on March 31, 2026, cutting its price target from $350 to $280. The core argument: the industrial recovery…
Here Are Tuesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Arista Networks, Block, Colgate-Palmolive, Digital Realty, Emerson Electric, MiniMed, Shake Shack, and More
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher this morning after reports are circulating that President Trump wants to end the war soon. This comes after Monday’s session, which saw three of the…
Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: AbbVie, Amazon.com, Biogen, EchoStar, Ferrari, GE Vernova, PepsiCo, Take-Two Interactive, and More
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading modestly lower as the big day has finally arrived: the Federal Reserve will wrap up its last meeting of 2025, and the odds still heavily favor…
Lincoln Electric’s 32.6% Payout Ratio Shows Wide Margin of Safety for Income Investors
Lincoln Electric Holdings (NASDAQ: LECO | LECO Price Prediction) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share, a 5.3% increase marking the company’s 30th consecutive year of dividend growth. With a current…
Lincoln Electric (LECO) Beats Earnings With Record Cash Flow But Revenue Growth Slows to 5.6%
Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ: LECO | LECO Price Prediction) delivered a modest earnings beat this morning, but the stock’s early reaction suggests investors were looking for more. That said, despite the early drop…
Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Deere, GoDaddy, Pinterest, Salesforce, Uber, Vale, Walgreens and More
Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Amazon.com, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coherent, Deere, GoDaddy, Pinterest, Rexford Industrial Realty, Salesforce, Uber Technologies, Vale, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Workday.
Monday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alibaba Group, Coinbase Global, General Motors, HP, Kohl’s, and More
The futures are trading lower as we start the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened trading week. The stock market is closed on the big turkey day, and will also shutter early at 1 pm EST…
Five Diversified Industrials Set to Benefit From Commercial Construction Boom
In a new research report, the analysts at Stifel make the case that while residential housing construction should remain strong, non-residential may have a lot more upside from this juncture in the…
Nasdaq Shuffles Q-50 Index (NDAQ, ADI, FTNT, IACI, LECO, NTES, PDCO, ARMH, FLIR, GNTX, RGLD)
The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will make some changes to its Nasdaq Q-50 index next Monday, June 18th. The index will add Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AXP, ATML, BLK, CVX, CLR, EPR, EQR, FTE, HBC, JNPR, LEN, LECO, MWE, MSFT, OAS, SVU)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Reiterated Buy with $60…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ALU, APO, BHI, BP, CPO, ETFC, FUJIY, GMCR, LECO, NVDA, OXY, PEP, QIHU, SNDK, LUV, AMTD, TE)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna.…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (BAC, BBBY, BHP, C, CNH, LECO, SNY, USB)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Monday morning with more than two and a half hours to the…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABH, ETN, HES, LECO, LPX, MVSN, MUR, NVO, SWS, WBS)
These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are ten that we are focusing on this Monday morning: AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) started as Outperform at RBC…