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.
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Linde PLC (LIN) P/B ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Linde PLC (LIN) trades at a P/B ratio of 5.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (January 2019) to 7.4× (July 2018); the current reading is higher than 62% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.
P/B ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.0× | (0.77%) |
| FY2024 | 5.1× | 4.33% |
| FY2023 | 4.9× | 26.58% |
| FY2022 | 3.8× | (2.45%) |
| FY2021 | 3.9× | 40.77% |
| FY2020 | 2.8× | 25.23% |
| FY2019 | 2.2× | 147.55% |
| FY2018 | 0.9× | (86.85%) |
| FY2017 | 6.9× | 11.88% |
| FY2016 | 6.1× | 0.10% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 5.9× | 2.95% |
| Mar 2026 | 5.7× | 13.92% |
| Dec 2025 | 5.0× | (9.32%) |
| Sep 2025 | 5.6× | 0.55% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 1.3× |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 1.7× |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | 1.9× |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 2.8× |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 3.6× |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | 4.0× |
| LIN Linde PLC | 5.7× |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. compare | 8.0× |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 21.2× |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 1.8× |
| Basic Materials sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 1.7× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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