Linde (LIN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) is a global industrial gases and engineering company. It produces and distributes atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon, as well as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide and specialty gases. The company serves customers through packaged gases, bulk deliveries, on-site production and pipeline systems.

Linde’s products and services support a broad range of industries, including healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, chemicals, energy, refining, electronics and metals. Its engineering operations design and build plants and equipment for gas production, processing and related industrial applications. Linde is also involved in hydrogen and carbon capture projects designed to support lower-emissions industrial processes.

The modern Linde plc was formed through the 2018 merger of Linde AG and Praxair, Inc. The company serves customers across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and other international markets. Sanjiv Lamba serves as chief executive officer, while Stephen F. Angel is chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $496.68 to $506.38
• 50-Day Range: $457.50 to $503.44
• 52-Week Range: $387.78 to $548.20
• Volume: 1.71 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.32 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $231.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.42
• Dividend Yield: 1.28%
• Price Target: $547.10
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Linde Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Linde scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 72nd out of 227 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Linde has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.04, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 19 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Linde is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Linde has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Linde are expected to grow by 9.63% in the coming year, from $17.86 to $19.58 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Linde is 32.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Linde is 32.29, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.63.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Linde has a PEG Ratio of 2.91. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Linde has a P/B Ratio of 5.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.30% of the float of Linde has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Linde has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Linde has recently increased by 2.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Linde pays a meaningful dividend of 1.28%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Linde has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Linde is 41.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Linde will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.69% next year. This indicates that Linde will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.27

News Sentiment

Linde has a news sentiment score of 1.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 49 news articles for Linde this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 16 people have searched for LIN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -53% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

28 people have added Linde to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 155% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Linde insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.30% of the stock of Linde is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.80% of the stock of Linde is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 9/17 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/17 Dividend: 9/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/17/2026
• Today: 10/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Gases
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LIN
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:LIN
• CIK: 1707925
• Web: www.linde.com
• Phone: 441483242200
• Fax: 800-772-9985
• Employees: 65,177
• Year Founded: 1879

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Linde: $547.10
• High Price Target: $577.00
• Low Price Target: $460.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.04
• Research Coverage: 24 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $15.48
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.10
• P/E Growth: 2.91
• Net Income: $6.90 billion
• Net Margins: 20.43%
• Pretax Margin: 26.37%
• Return on Equity: 20.09%
• Return on Assets: 9.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.51
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $33.99 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.81
• Cash Flow: $24.87 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.18
• Book Value: $85.08 per share
• Price / Book: 5.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 460,980,000
• Free Float: 459,597,000
• Market Cap: $231.36 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.71