Linde PLC LIN

469.89 1.75 0.37% as of 25 Sep
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$214.9B
P/E
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Linde PLC (LIN) Return on invested capital

Linde PLC's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.20%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.04%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.92% (fiscal 2019) to 10.5% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.75% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.04% (0.55)
FY2024 9.59% 0.60
FY2023 8.99% 2.76
FY2022 6.23% 0.75
FY2021 5.48% 2.13
FY2020 3.35% 0.43
FY2019 2.92% (1.91)
FY2018 4.83% (5.43)
FY2017 10.3% 0.53
FY2016 9.73% (0.72)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.92% High 10.5%
Ten-year median 8.99%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 16.0%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 9.87%
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 9.83%
LIN Linde PLC 9.20%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 2.87%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 2.84%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 2.65%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 1.46%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare −1.12%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.75%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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