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Linde PLC LIN

Basic Materials  —  Specialty Chemicals
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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Linde PLC (LIN) trades at a price to free cash flow of 43.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.3× (September 2022) to 84.1× (July 2019); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

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

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 31.5×
Current reading's percentile 80

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 9.6×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 11.0×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.0×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 24.9×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.5×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 39.2×
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 41.6×
LIN Linde PLC 43.7×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.8×
Basic Materials sector median 18.6×
Market median 14.0×

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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