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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
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Linde PLC (LIN) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Linde PLC (LIN) trades at a price to free cash flow of 46.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.3× (September 2022) to 84.1× (July 2019); the current reading is higher than 90% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 21.2× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.4×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 39.3× (3.33%)
FY2024 40.7× 12.30%
FY2023 36.2× 29.63%
FY2022 28.0× 3.64%
FY2021 27.0× (21.71%)
FY2020 34.5× (27.12%)
FY2019 47.3× 62.38%
FY2018 29.1× 12.64%
FY2017 25.8× 2.46%
FY2016 25.2× (0.96%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 48.2× 6.87%
Mar 2026 45.1× 14.76%
Dec 2025 39.3× (10.33%)
Sep 2025 43.9× 0.66%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 19.3× High 84.1×
Ten-year median 31.6×
Current reading's percentile 90

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 12.1×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 16.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.0×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.3×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 25.3×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 41.5×
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 42.8×
LIN Linde PLC 46.3×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 21.2×
Basic Materials sector median 18.4×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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