Linde (LIN) Stock Overview

Operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. More details

LIN fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 9.3% per year

Earnings grew by 7.9% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Has a high level of debt

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Linde
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$480.46
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	0.73
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-6.17%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	LIN	CL Chemicals	CL Market
7D	-5.2%	-0.7%	2.0%
1Y	n/a	41.9%	24.1%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how LIN performed against the CL Chemicals industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how LIN performed against the CL Market.

Price Volatility

Is LIN's price volatile compared to industry and market?
LIN volatility
LIN Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	3.8%
Market Average Movement	2.9%
10% most volatile stocks in CL Market	4.8%
10% least volatile stocks in CL Market	1.2%

Stable Share Price: LIN's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the CL market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine LIN's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1879	64,649	Sanjiv Lamba	www.linde.com

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants.

Linde plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Linde's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
LIN fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$226.36b
Earnings (TTM)	US$7.24b
Revenue (TTM)	US$35.45b

31.2x

P/E Ratio

6.4x

P/S Ratio

Is LIN overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
LIN income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$35.45b
Cost of Revenue	US$18.31b
Gross Profit	US$17.14b
Other Expenses	US$9.90b
Earnings	US$7.24b

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	15.71
Gross Margin	48.35%
Net Profit Margin	20.44%
Debt/Equity Ratio	68.9%

How did LIN perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.3%

Current Dividend Yield

40%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/08/06 08:01
End of Day Share Price	2026/08/05 00:00
Earnings	2026/06/30
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Linde plc is covered by 52 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
William Selesky	Argus Research Company
David Manthey	Baird
null null	Banco de Sabadell. S.A.

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