Lincoln Electric price target raised to $285 from $279 at Roth Capital

Roth Capital raised the firm’s price target on Lincoln Electric (LECO) to $285 from $279 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm is “impressed” with how the company is operating through a choppy global manufacturing environment and sees a growing number of industries, even automotive, moving from a neutral to a more positive outlook, the analyst tells investors in a research note.