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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.05
Total sells 12.89
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 1 — — — — — — — 1 — —
Sell — — — 2 2 — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 227,360.00
Revenue 35,449.00
Net Income 7,244.00
Free Cash Flow 4,975.00
Net Debt 23,115.00
Current Ratio 0.88 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.69
P/E ratio 32.03
Fwd P/E 30.90
P/S ratio 6.50
P/B ratio 5.68
Past 5Y EPS Growth 25.41% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 8.66%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.56%
Next Y revenue growth 6.92%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.48%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 38.08%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 84.92%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 67.23%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 88.09%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 90.42%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.41
Annual Dividend Rate 6.30
Annual Dividend Yield 1.26%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 6.43
1.60
1.60
1.60
2025 6.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.50
2024 5.56
1.39
1.39
1.39
1.39
2023 5.10
1.28
1.28
1.28
1.28
2022 4.68
1.17
1.17
1.17
1.17
2021 4.24
1.06
1.06
1.06
1.06
2020 3.85
0.96
0.96
0.96
0.96
2019 3.50
0.88
0.88
0.88
0.88
2018 3.30
0.83
0.83
0.83
0.83
2017 3.15
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.79
2016 3.00
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 4,664 4,850 5,056 4,898
Receivables 4,718 4,622 4,966 5,632
Inventory 2,115 1,946 2,055 2,122
Other 196 263 269 432
12,620 12,945 13,325 14,176
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3,020 2,507 2,810 2,837
ST’ Debt 5,976 6,280 6,306 7,335
Other 6,057 5,120 5,402 5,955
15,717 14,544 15,198 16,127

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 12.17% 4.52% 0.62%
Cash Flow 14.40% 6.86% 5.30%
Earnings 16.12% 22.50% 18.48%
Book Value 23.55% (4.33%) (1.34%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 8,781 9,289 — — —
’25 8,112 8,495 8,615 8,764 33,986
’24 8,100 8,267 8,356 8,282 33,005
’23 8,193 8,204 8,155 8,302 32,854
’22 8,211 8,457 8,797 7,899 33,364
’21 7,243 7,584 7,668 8,298 30,793
’20 6,739 6,377 6,855 7,272 27,243
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,240 2,271 — — —
’25 2,161 2,211 2,948 3,030 10,350
’24 1,954 1,929 2,731 2,809 9,423
’23 1,908 2,150 2,520 2,727 9,305
’22 2,000 2,133 2,636 2,095 8,864
’21 2,109 1,827 2,556 3,233 9,725
’20 1,347 1,764 1,884 2,434 7,429
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 898 833 — — —
’25 891 954 1,672 1,572 5,089
’24 906 796 1,665 1,559 4,926
’23 1,079 1,291 1,572 1,576 5,518
’22 1,351 1,307 1,874 1,159 5,691
’21 1,347 1,083 1,815 2,394 6,639
’20 544 981 1,097 1,407 4,029
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.98 4.15 — — —
’25 3.51 3.73 4.09 3.26 14.61
’24 3.35 3.44 3.22 3.60 13.62
’23 3.06 3.19 3.19 3.16 12.59
’22 2.30 0.74 2.54 2.67 8.23
’21 1.86 1.60 1.88 1.98 7.33
’20 1.07 0.87 1.32 1.45 4.71
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 95.60 115.00 140.00 151.93 146.71 240.80 262.47 302.17 396.07 387.78

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 125.00 156.40 169.75 214.26 269.78 346.97 352.18 434.21 487.49 486.38
People
People Employees 26,498 26,461 80,820 79,886 74,207 72,327 65,010 66,323 65,289 65,177
Revenue/emp, $m 0.40 0.43 0.18 0.35 0.37 0.43 0.51 0.50 0.51 0.52
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 10,534 11,358 14,836 28,228 27,243 30,793 33,364 32,854 33,005 33,986
Gross margin, % 44.42 43.81 39.20 41.04 43.53 43.03 41.70 46.76 48.06 48.83
EBT 2,048 2,287 5,049 2,927 3,384 5,099 5,543 7,988 8,569 8,897
EBT margin, % 19.44 20.14 34.03 10.37 12.42 16.56 16.61 24.31 25.96 26.18
Net income 1,500 1,247 4,381 2,285 2,501 3,826 4,147 6,199 6,565 6,898
Depreciation 1,122 1,184 2,198 4,687 4,626 4,635 4,204 3,816 3,780 3,763
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 36.87 39.68 44.90 52.17 51.72 59.57 66.76 67.30 68.94 72.39
Earnings 5.25 4.36 12.40 4.22 4.75 7.40 8.30 12.70 13.71 14.69
Cash flow 9.76 10.62 11.06 11.31 14.10 18.81 17.74 19.06 19.68 22.05
Capex (5.13) (4.58) (5.70) (6.80) (6.45) (5.97) (6.35) (7.76) (9.39) (11.21)
Free cash flow 4.63 6.04 5.36 4.50 7.65 12.84 11.39 11.30 10.29 10.84
Book value 19.05 22.75 172.76 95.22 94.11 87.89 82.79 84.15 82.45 84.62
Shares, m 286 286 330 541 527 517 500 488 479 469
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 22.22 35.91 11.79 50.33 55.59 46.88 38.36 32.25 30.54 29.07
P/S 3.17 3.94 3.48 4.08 5.09 5.82 4.77 6.09 6.07 5.89
P/B 6.14 6.87 0.90 2.24 2.80 3.94 3.85 4.87 5.08 5.04
EV/Sales 4.02 4.67 4.21 4.48 5.55 6.18 5.14 6.53 6.58 6.54
EV/FCF 32.01 30.69 35.23 51.89 37.53 28.69 30.15 38.90 44.10 43.65
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,789 3,041 3,654 6,119 7,429 9,725 8,864 9,305 9,423 10,350
Capex (1,465) (1,311) (1,883) (3,682) (3,400) (3,086) (3,173) (3,787) (4,497) (5,261)
Free cash flow 1,324 1,730 1,771 2,437 4,029 6,639 5,691 5,518 4,926 5,089
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 402 (22) 4,316 (1,808) (2,816) (3,484) (3,432) (3,097) (1,599) (1,873)
Total debt 9,515 9,000 15,296 13,956 16,154 14,207 17,914 19,373 21,623 26,989
Net debt 8,991 8,383 10,830 11,256 12,400 11,384 12,478 14,709 16,773 21,933
Shareholders’ equity 5,441 6,511 57,080 51,522 49,569 45,428 41,374 41,082 39,475 39,728
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.97 6.27 7.70 2.54 2.86 4.51 5.14 7.73 8.16 8.26
ROIC 9.73 10.26 4.83 2.92 3.35 5.48 6.23 8.99 9.59 9.04
ROE 29.31 20.87 13.78 4.21 4.95 8.05 9.56 15.04 16.30 17.42
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Linde PLC vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LIN Linde PLC $227.4B 32.0× 30.9× +9.35% (above 0%: growing) +11.20% (above 0%: growing) −12.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.67% 27.49%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company $81.8B 30.6× 28.0× +7.52% (above 0%: growing) +13.82% (above 0%: growing) +33.68% (above 0%: growing) 49.17% 18.13% Compare
ECL Ecolab Inc. $81.5B 38.3× 32.3× +9.69% (above 0%: growing) +3.24% (above 0%: growing) −2.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.07% 17.16% Compare
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $66.1B — (loss-making) 21.5× +4.58% (above 0%: growing) n/m +180.09% (above 0%: growing) 32.77% (66.34%) Compare
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $24.0B 15.3× 15.5× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −1.01% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.67% (above 0%: growing) 40.22% 14.15% Compare
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. $23.0B 83.2× 29.3× +1.82% (above 0%: growing) −91.63% (below 0%: shrinking) +94.52% (above 0%: growing) 43.65% 8.09% Compare
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $20.2B — (loss-making) 6.4× +19.84% (above 0%: growing) +388.57% (above 0%: growing) +356.38% (above 0%: growing) 22.21% 16.81% Compare
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $17.8B 290× 26.5× +4.00% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) +1,250.00% (above 0%: growing) 35.13% 16.38% Compare
RPM RPM International Inc. $12.8B 18.4× 18.3× +4.82% (above 0%: growing) +13.75% (above 0%: growing) +33.14% (above 0%: growing) 41.25% 15.99% Compare
Median of peers $23.5B 34.5× 24.0× +5.99% +13.75% +81.10% 40.74% 16.19%

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LIN metrics, ten years each

Linde PLC (LIN) key facts

  • Strength: Linde PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $34.0 billion, up 2.97% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $6.9 billion, or $14.69 per share (basic), a net margin of 20.3%.
  • Linde PLC (LIN) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LIN traded at $498.43, a market capitalization of $227.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 32.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 6.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 38% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Linde PLC pays an annual dividend of $6.30 per share, a yield of 1.26%, with a payout ratio of 40.7%.
  • Return on equity was 17.4% and debt-to-equity 0.69.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.52 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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