Linde plc

NasdaqGS:LIN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$218.1b

Linde Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • 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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$329.45
Fair Value
39.0% overvalued intrinsic discount
26
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LIN ($458) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($329.45)

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?

Key metric: As LIN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LIN. This is calculated by dividing LIN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LIN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.2x
EarningsUS$6.57b
Market CapUS$218.08b

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 Average34x
APD Air Products and Chemicals
17.9x2.0%US$68.9b
SHW Sherwin-Williams
32.3x7.2%US$86.5b
ECL Ecolab
35.5x7.8%US$75.0b
CTVA Corteva
50.6x24.5%US$43.0b
LIN Linde
33.2x8.9%US$218.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LIN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the peer average (34x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.1xn/aUS$16.11m
TANH Tantech Holdings
0.8xn/aUS$3.77m
VYST Vystar
1.8xn/aUS$1.73m
LIN 33.2xIndustry Avg. 21.4xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LIN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (21.4x).

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 Ratio33.2x
Fair PE Ratio23.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LIN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.2x).

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
CurrentUS$458.00
US$493.75
+7.8%
7.4%US$540.00US$381.00n/a26
Feb ’26US$446.12
US$491.79
+10.2%
7.7%US$540.00US$381.00n/a26
Jan ’26US$418.67
US$494.17
+18.0%
7.8%US$550.00US$381.00n/a25
Dec ’25US$460.99
US$493.97
+7.2%
7.9%US$550.00US$381.00n/a25
Nov ’25US$457.31
US$493.17
+7.8%
7.8%US$550.00US$381.00n/a25
Oct ’25US$475.02
US$485.29
+2.2%
7.8%US$550.00US$381.00n/a25
Sep ’25US$478.25
US$487.19
+1.9%
7.3%US$550.00US$381.00n/a25
Aug ’25US$453.34
US$473.63
+4.5%
7.2%US$540.00US$381.00n/a25
Jul ’25US$428.94
US$472.83
+10.2%
7.3%US$540.00US$381.00n/a25
Jun ’25US$435.52
US$470.11
+7.9%
7.2%US$540.00US$381.00n/a25
May ’25US$442.62
US$472.57
+6.8%
8.7%US$540.00US$347.00n/a25
Apr ’25US$463.40
US$466.73
+0.7%
8.7%US$525.00US$347.00n/a25
Mar ’25US$449.21
US$453.73
+1.0%
7.1%US$501.19US$347.00n/a25
Feb ’25US$408.65
US$440.31
+7.7%
6.8%US$480.00US$347.00US$446.1225
Jan ’25US$410.71
US$433.88
+5.6%
6.2%US$480.00US$347.00US$418.6726
Dec ’24US$411.70
US$427.34
+3.8%
5.5%US$480.00US$347.00US$460.9926
Nov ’24US$387.10
US$420.82
+8.7%
5.4%US$450.00US$347.00US$457.3128
Oct ’24US$372.35
US$417.34
+12.1%
6.0%US$450.00US$339.00US$475.0228
Sep ’24US$388.91
US$418.59
+7.6%
6.0%US$450.00US$339.00US$478.2528
Aug ’24US$388.64
US$416.75
+7.2%
5.8%US$450.00US$339.00US$453.3428
Jul ’24US$381.08
US$400.90
+5.2%
5.0%US$430.00US$339.00US$428.9428
Jun ’24US$355.49
US$399.82
+12.5%
4.9%US$430.00US$339.00US$435.5227
May ’24US$372.31
US$394.85
+6.1%
4.4%US$430.00US$365.00US$442.6226
Apr ’24US$355.44
US$377.00
+6.1%
4.5%US$412.00US$335.00US$463.4024
Mar ’24US$350.05
US$376.04
+7.4%
4.2%US$418.00US$335.00US$449.2123
Feb ’24US$331.08
US$364.09
+10.0%
4.5%US$402.00US$335.00US$408.6523
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 26 Analysts
US$493.75
Fair Value
7.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
26
Number of Analysts

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/22 23:04
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* 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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Linde plc is covered by 64 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.

AnalystInstitution
William SeleskyArgus Research Company
David MantheyBaird
null nullBanco de Sabadell. S.A.