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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
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Linde PLC (LIN) Gross margin

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Linde PLC's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 48.4%, down 0.5 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 29.2% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.1%.

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)
Jun 2026 47.7% (0.82)
Mar 2026 48.5% 0.37
Dec 2025 48.1% (1.05)
Sep 2025 49.2% (0.14)
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Against its own ten years

Low 39.2% High 48.8%
Ten-year median 43.8%
Current reading's percentile 90

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 49.0%
LIN Linde PLC 48.4%
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 44.1%
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 35.1%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 32.1%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 29.2%
Basic Materials sector median 25.1%
Market median 46.2%

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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