Linde PLC

LIN Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Linde PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $34.0 billion, up 2.97% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.35%, EPS grew 11.2%, free cash flow fell 12.7% and total debt rose 8.07%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

498.43 5.21 +1.06%
Market cap
$227.4B
P/E
32.0×
Fwd P/E
30.9×
Dividend yield
1.26%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.52
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
77/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
22.22 35.91 11.79 50.33 55.59 46.88 38.36 32.25 30.54 29.07
Piotroski F-Score
4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 6
P/S ratio
3.17 3.94 3.48 4.08 5.09 5.82 4.77 6.09 6.07 5.89
Altman Z-Score
3.33 3.76 1.50 2.65 2.82 3.82 3.51 3.87 3.92 3.52
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
3.50 3.40 2.91 2.27 2.02 2.20 2.15 1.86 2.13 2.06
P/FCF ratio
25.22 25.84 29.11 47.27 34.45 26.97 27.95 36.24 40.69 39.34
Beneish M-Score
(2.75) (2.80) (0.70) (2.37) (2.82) (2.73) (2.77) (2.67) (2.69) (2.63)
P/Operating CF
45.01 53.48 39.51 52.99 57.03 55.39 75.94 73.32 71.36 66.07
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 77
P/B ratio
6.14 6.87 0.90 2.24 2.80 3.94 3.85 4.87 5.08 5.04
EV/Sales
4.02 4.67 4.21 4.48 5.55 6.18 5.14 6.53 6.58 6.54
EV/EBITDA
12.58 14.63 8.38 16.60 19.02 19.80 17.92 18.13 17.50 17.51
EV/FCF
32.01 30.69 35.23 51.89 37.53 28.69 30.15 38.90 44.10 43.65
Current Ratio
1.16 0.99 1.33 0.85 0.80 0.74 0.79 0.80 0.89 0.88
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.67 2.31 1.45 1.48 1.56 1.18 1.30 1.24 1.35 1.73
Debt/Equity
1.75 1.38 0.27 0.27 0.33 0.31 0.43 0.47 0.55 0.68
ROE
29.31% 20.87% 13.78% 4.21% 4.95% 8.05% 9.56% 15.04% 16.30% 17.42%
ROA
7.97% 6.27% 7.70% 2.54% 2.86% 4.51% 5.14% 7.73% 8.16% 8.26%
ROIC
9.73% 10.26% 4.83% 2.92% 3.35% 5.48% 6.23% 8.99% 9.59% 9.04%
Return on Tangible Assets
12.63% 10.57% 12.87% 8.38% 9.66% 16.99% 20.62% 28.89% 28.33% 26.14%
Average Days of Receivables
56.86 54.95 105.72 55.89 55.83 53.33 49.88 52.42 51.11 53.33
Earnings Yield
4.50% 2.79% 8.48% 1.99% 1.80% 2.13% 2.61% 3.10% 3.27% 3.44%
Free Cash Flow Yield
3.96% 3.87% 3.44% 2.12% 2.90% 3.71% 3.58% 2.76% 2.46% 2.54%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.63 6.04 5.36 4.50 7.65 12.84 11.39 11.30 10.29 10.84
Book value per Share
19.05 22.75 172.76 95.22 94.11 87.89 82.79 84.15 82.45 84.62
Free Cash Flow
1,324.00 1,730.00 1,771.00 2,437.00 4,029.00 6,639.00 5,691.00 5,518.00 4,926.00 5,089.00
EV/EBIT
18.86 21.72 11.89 43.11 45.51 38.21 31.96 26.75 25.16 24.89
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