Linde plc
General ticker "LIN" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals - Specialty
- Capitalization: $217.2B (TTM average)
Linde plc follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 28.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.5%: low 484.94$, high 509.94$
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$ (Y1.34%)
- 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 3 months up through Q1 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [361.26$, 496.43$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [387.38$, 524.40$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LIN estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 25.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 26.30 > 18.65
- Positive: 42.34 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 44.05 <= 63.79
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.37 > 6.08
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 1.15 <= 2.95
- Negative: 0.01 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.13
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.12 <= 0.27
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -2.88 <= -0.65
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.16 <= 0.80
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.