[LECO] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Dec-2005 [#Q4]

Stock
[LECO] Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
Announcement Date
24-Feb-2006
Financial Year
2005
Quarter
31-Dec-2005 [#Q4]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -22.06%
YoY- 90.45%
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Quarter Result
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
Revenue 495,137 502,510 468,394 420,373 412,013 405,902 362,903 22.99%
PBT 61,642 63,037 51,876 38,069 42,850 42,762 30,217 60.77%
Tax 17,787 20,418 15,127 8,304 4,662 10,650 7,977 70.59%
NP 43,855 42,619 36,749 29,765 38,188 32,112 22,240 57.18%
Tax Rate -28.86% -32.39% -29.16% -21.81% -10.88% -24.91% -26.40% -
Total Cost 451,282 459,891 431,645 390,608 373,825 373,790 340,663 20.59%
Ratio Analysis
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
NP Margin 8.86 8.48 7.85 7.08 9.27 7.91 6.13 27.80%
Per Share
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
EPS 0.52 0.50 0.44 0.35 0.46 0.39 0.27 54.73%
EPS Diluted 0.51 0.50 0.43 0.35 0.45 0.39 0.27 52.74%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.