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) Return on assets
Linde PLC's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.31%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.26%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.54% (fiscal 2019) to 8.26% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.35% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.26% | 0.10 |
| FY2024 | 8.16% | 0.43 |
| FY2023 | 7.73% | 2.59 |
| FY2022 | 5.14% | 0.63 |
| FY2021 | 4.51% | 1.65 |
| FY2020 | 2.86% | 0.32 |
| FY2019 | 2.54% | (5.16) |
| FY2018 | 7.70% | 1.43 |
| FY2017 | 6.27% | (1.70) |
| FY2016 | 7.97% | (0.15) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare | 10.3% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 8.50% |
| LIN Linde PLC | 8.31% |
| ECL Ecolab Inc. compare | 7.89% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 7.04% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 1.08% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 0.19% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare | −0.12% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare | −1.01% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 0.35% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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