Linde Valuation

Is LIN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LIN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LIN (€447.4) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€342.32)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LIN is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LIN?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LIN key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue7.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.2x
PEG Ratio4.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LIN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LIN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.4x
SY1 Symrise
42.2x13.1%€16.6b
AI L'Air Liquide
33x11.4%€100.1b
HEI Heidelberg Materials
9.5x6.3%€17.6b
APD Air Products and Chemicals
28.8x11.7%US$73.1b
LIN Linde
36.3x8.5%€232.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LIN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the peer average (28.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LIN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a38.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LIN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (18.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LIN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LIN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.3x
Fair PE Ratio23.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LIN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LIN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€447.40
€450.01
+0.6%
7.9%€506.55€350.90n/a25
Oct ’25€430.80
€435.93
+1.2%
7.8%€494.18€342.33n/a25
Sep ’25€430.00
€438.32
+1.9%
7.3%€494.84€342.79n/a25
Aug ’25€418.00
€434.70
+4.0%
7.2%€495.61€349.68n/a25
Jul ’25€397.60
€441.81
+11.1%
7.3%€504.58€356.01n/a25
Jun ’25€397.60
€435.27
+9.5%
7.2%€499.99€352.77n/a25
May ’25€412.20
€441.47
+7.1%
8.7%€504.47€324.17n/a25
Apr ’25€431.00
€434.52
+0.8%
8.7%€488.78€323.06n/a25
Mar ’25€414.45
€419.79
+1.3%
7.1%€463.70€321.04n/a25
Feb ’25€375.75
€405.09
+7.8%
6.8%€441.60€319.24n/a25
Jan ’25€368.25
€393.00
+6.7%
6.2%€434.78€314.31n/a26
Dec ’24€379.75
€392.64
+3.4%
5.5%€441.02€318.82n/a26
Nov ’24€362.00
€396.37
+9.5%
5.4%€423.86€326.84n/a28
Oct ’24€353.85
€390.59
+10.4%
6.0%€421.16€317.27€430.8028
Sep ’24€361.40
€383.68
+6.2%
6.0%€412.47€310.73€430.0028
Aug ’24€354.35
€379.00
+7.0%
5.8%€409.23€308.29€418.0028
Jul ’24€350.60
€370.27
+5.6%
5.0%€397.15€313.10€397.6028
Jun ’24€331.90
€371.59
+12.0%
4.9%€399.64€315.07€397.6027
May ’24€334.60
€358.33
+7.1%
4.4%€390.23€331.24€412.2026
Apr ’24€326.00
€347.56
+6.6%
4.5%€379.82€308.84€431.0024
Mar ’24€330.00
€352.69
+6.9%
4.2%€392.04€314.20€414.4523
Feb ’24€301.20
€336.05
+11.6%
4.5%€371.05€309.21€375.7523
Jan ’24€305.00
€337.01
+10.5%
7.3%€379.25€245.28€368.2522
Dec ’23€320.55
€337.24
+5.2%
6.9%€367.00€251.11€379.7522
Nov ’23€301.60
€349.75
+16.0%
7.4%€391.40€260.94€362.0022
Oct ’23€275.20
€364.22
+32.3%
7.9%€408.20€285.74€353.8521

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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