Linde PLC
General ticker "LIN" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals
- Capitalization: $212.2B
Linde PLC follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 51.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.9%: low 417.98$, high 425.63$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-12-03, amount 1.39$ (Y1.32%)
- US accounted for 32.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2023-12-31
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [368.61$, 500.74$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [410.44$, 551.79$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LIN estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 14.21 > 2.29
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 6.58 <= 6.82
- Negative: Interest expense per share, $ of 0.85 > 0.74
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 7.28 > 7.10
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 24.45 > 19.51
- Positive: 3.85 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.46
Short-term LIN quotes
Long-term LIN plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $30,767.00MM | $33,302.00MM | $32,813.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $25,783.00MM | $27,933.00MM | $24,789.00MM |
| Operating Income | $4,984.00MM | $5,369.00MM | $8,024.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $115.00MM | $174.00MM | $-36.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $77.00MM | $63.00MM | $413.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $143.00MM | $143.00MM | $146.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $5,099.00MM | $5,543.00MM | $7,988.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,262.00MM | $1,434.00MM | $1,814.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $124.00MM | $172.00MM | $167.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $3,961.00MM | $4,281.00MM | $6,341.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $44,035.00MM | $40,028.00MM | $39,720.00MM |
| Inventory | $1,733.00MM | $1,978.00MM | $2,115.00MM |
| Assets | $81,605.00MM | $79,658.00MM | $80,811.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $9,725.00MM | $8,864.00MM | $9,305.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,086.00MM | $3,173.00MM | $3,787.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,007.00MM | $-3,088.00MM | $-4,670.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-7,588.00MM | $-3,089.00MM | $-5,400.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $7.40 | $8.30 | $12.70 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.