Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Linde has issued Q3 2025 earnings guidance with an EPS forecast of 4.100-4.20, slightly below the consensus estimate of 4.198.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share, which translates to an annualized dividend of $6.00 and a yield of 1.3%.
• Analysts have recently upgraded Linde's ratings, with two strong buy upgrades and an average price target of $518.80 for the stock.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN - Get Free Report) issued an update on its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.100-4.20 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.198. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Linde also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 16.300-16.500 EPS.

Linde Trading Down 1.3%

NASDAQ LIN opened at $460.26 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. Linde has a twelve month low of $408.65 and a twelve month high of $487.49. The company has a market cap of $216.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.96. The business's fifty day moving average is $467.14 and its 200 day moving average is $457.33.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $3.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.92 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $8.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.24 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 18.95% and a net margin of 20.02%. Linde's revenue for the quarter was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.75 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Linde will post 16.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. Linde's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 43.57%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Linde to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Argus raised Linde to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Citigroup raised Linde from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $500.00 to $535.00 in a research report on Monday, June 30th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Linde from $485.00 to $504.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 9th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada initiated coverage on Linde in a research report on Friday, June 13th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $576.00 price objective for the company. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $518.80.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Sean Durbin sold 7,261 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $456.42, for a total value of $3,314,065.62. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 8,151 shares in the company, valued at $3,720,279.42. The trade was a 47.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, VP David P. Strauss sold 1,987 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $457.04, for a total value of $908,138.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 22,639 shares in the company, valued at $10,346,928.56. The trade was a 8.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Linde

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Linde stock. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN - Free Report) by 14.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 777 shares of the basic materials company's stock after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC's holdings in Linde were worth $325,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Linde

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Pacific. It offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene.

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