Lincoln Electric(US:LECO)2025-07-09 12:04Financial Performance - Net sales remained steady, increasing by 0.2% to $728.5 million[11], but excluding foreign exchange, sales increased by 2%[4] - Reported operating income margin increased by 110 basis points to 15.4%, with a record Q2 adjusted operating income margin of 16.0%, up 120 basis points[4] - Reported EPS increased by 10% to $0.96, while adjusted EPS increased by 11% to $1.01[4] - Cash returned to shareholders increased by 18% to $87 million through share repurchases and dividends[4] Segment Performance - North America net sales increased by 2.5% to $429.5 million, with adjusted EBIT increasing by 10.2% to $91.2 million[13] - Europe net sales increased by 6.4% to $115.6 million, with adjusted EBIT increasing significantly by 56.3% to $14.9 million[15] - Asia Pacific net sales decreased by 3.2% to $67.0 million, with adjusted EBIT decreasing by 44.1% to $0.4 million[17] - South America net sales decreased by 12.3% to $39.1 million, with adjusted EBIT decreasing by 54.9% to $5.0 million, impacted by the Venezuelan operation[19] - Harris net sales decreased by 9.9% to $77.4 million, with adjusted EBIT decreasing by 2.2% to $7.2 million[25] Venezuela Impact - Q2 2014 results include $19.0 million in net sales and $4.4 million in adjusted EBIT from the Venezuelan operation[12, 20] - A $3.5 million charge was taken to cost of goods sold in Q2 2014 related to currency remeasurement to SICAD I[20, 24]