Linde plc
General ticker "LIN" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals - Specialty
- Capitalization: $215.1B (TTM average)
Linde plc follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 6.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.2%: low 504.10$, high 516.04$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-11, amount 1.60$ (Y1.26%)
- Total employees count: 65289 (-1.6%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 34.8% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Operational and conduct risks, Cybersecurity threats, Regulatory and compliance
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 12 months up through Q4 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [365.56$, 493.97$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [389.27$, 520.58$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LIN estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 27.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 26.04 > 18.52
- Positive: 0.07 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 4.65
- Positive: 3.02 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.40
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.27 <= -0.15
- Positive: -0.01 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.95
- Positive: 42.60 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 47.53 <= 64.25
Short-term LIN quotes
Long-term LIN plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $33,302.00MM | $32,813.00MM | $33,005.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $27,933.00MM | $24,789.00MM | $24,410.00MM |
| Operating Income | $5,369.00MM | $8,024.00MM | $8,595.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $174.00MM | $-36.00MM | $144.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $63.00MM | $200.00MM | $572.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $143.00MM | $146.00MM | $150.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $5,543.00MM | $7,988.00MM | $8,739.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,434.00MM | $1,814.00MM | $2,002.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $172.00MM | $167.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $4,147.00MM | $6,199.00MM | $6,565.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $40,028.00MM | $39,720.00MM | $38,092.00MM |
| Inventory | $1,978.00MM | $2,115.00MM | $1,946.00MM |
| Assets | $79,658.00MM | $80,811.00MM | $80,147.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $8,864.00MM | $9,305.00MM | $9,423.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,173.00MM | $3,787.00MM | $4,497.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,088.00MM | $-4,670.00MM | $-4,644.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-3,089.00MM | $-5,400.00MM | $-4,359.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $8.30 | $12.70 | $13.71 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.