Linde PLC LIN
469.89
1.75
0.37%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $214.9B
- P/E
- 30.2×
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Linde PLC (LIN) Operating margin
Linde PLC's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 26.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (26.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.4% (fiscal 2019) to 35.4% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.63% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 26.3% | 0.09 |
| FY2024 | 26.2% | 1.74 |
| FY2023 | 24.4% | 8.33 |
| FY2022 | 16.1% | (0.10) |
| FY2021 | 16.2% | 4.00 |
| FY2020 | 12.2% | 1.80 |
| FY2019 | 10.4% | (24.98) |
| FY2018 | 35.4% | 13.85 |
| FY2017 | 21.5% | 0.19 |
| FY2016 | 21.3% | (0.21) |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 27.5% | (0.29) |
| Mar 2026 | 27.8% | 4.75 |
| Dec 2025 | 23.0% | (4.45) |
| Sep 2025 | 27.5% | (0.23) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 10.4%
High 35.4%
Ten-year median
21.5%
Current reading's percentile
91
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| LIN Linde PLC | 26.5% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. compare | 16.9% |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 16.4% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 9.90% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 7.48% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 4.27% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 3.09% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | −4.71% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.63% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.82% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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