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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.
- Revenue
- +9.16%
- EPS
- −8.09%
- Free cash flow
- +6.28%
- Total debt
- +3.00%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Linde PLC (LIN) Gross margin
Linde PLC's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 47.9%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (48.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 39.2% (fiscal 2018) to 48.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 48.8% | 0.77 |
| FY2024 | 48.1% | 1.30 |
| FY2023 | 46.8% | 5.06 |
| FY2022 | 41.7% | (1.33) |
| FY2021 | 43.0% | (0.50) |
| FY2020 | 43.5% | 2.49 |
| FY2019 | 41.0% | 1.84 |
| FY2018 | 39.2% | (4.61) |
| FY2017 | 43.8% | (0.61) |
| FY2016 | 44.4% | (0.27) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 47.2% | (0.43) |
| Jun 2026 | 47.7% | (0.82) |
| Mar 2026 | 48.5% | 0.37 |
| Dec 2025 | 48.1% | (1.05) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 48.6% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 47.9% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. compare | 43.9% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 41.2% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 40.9% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 36.5% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 35.5% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | 32.1% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 14.3% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 27.8% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 25.0% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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