Linde plc
General ticker "LIN" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals - Specialty
- Capitalization: $219.5B (TTM average)
Linde plc follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 28.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.9%: low 456.66$, high 464.56$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-06-04, amount 1.60$ (Y1.38%)
- Total employees count: 65177 (-0.2%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 34.8% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Industry cyclicity, Energy costs, Currency fluctuations, Financing cost volatility
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [361.68$, 497.99$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [386.13$, 524.25$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LIN estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 25.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 22.58 < Operating profit margin, % of 26.30
- Positive: 4.90 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.22
- Positive: 3.66 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.08
- Positive: 7.19 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.37
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.16 <= 0.41
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.11 <= 0
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 44.05 <= 49.86
- Positive: 2.08 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 2.85
Short-term LIN quotes
Long-term LIN plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $32,813.00MM | $33,190.00MM | $33,928.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $24,789.00MM | $24,555.00MM | $25,005.00MM |
| Operating Income | $8,024.00MM | $8,635.00MM | $8,923.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-36.00MM | $-66.00MM | $-26.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $200.00MM | $256.00MM | $255.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $146.00MM | $150.00MM | $147.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $7,988.00MM | $8,569.00MM | $8,897.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,814.00MM | $2,002.00MM | $1,989.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $167.00MM | $170.00MM | $150.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $6,199.00MM | $6,565.00MM | $6,898.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $39,720.00MM | $38,092.00MM | $38,245.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,115.00MM | $1,946.00MM | $2,055.00MM |
| Assets | $80,811.00MM | $80,147.00MM | $86,817.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $9,305.00MM | $9,423.00MM | $10,350.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,787.00MM | $4,497.00MM | $5,261.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-4,670.00MM | $-4,644.00MM | $-5,721.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-5,400.00MM | $-4,359.00MM | $-4,554.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $12.70 | $13.71 | $14.79 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.