Linde (LIN) Competitors

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer LIN or NTR?

Linde presently has a consensus price target of $498.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Nutrien has a consensus price target of $59.27, indicating a potential upside of 10.45%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Linde is more favorable than Nutrien.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Linde	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Nutrien	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LIN or NTR?

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Nutrien. Linde is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Linde	$33.01B	6.44	$6.57B	$13.61	33.03
Nutrien	$25.97B	1.01	$1.26B	$1.37	39.17

Which has more volatility and risk, LIN or NTR?

Linde has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LIN or NTR?

In the previous week, Linde had 27 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Linde and 27 mentions for Nutrien. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Nutrien's score of 1.21 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Linde	43 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nutrien	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LIN or NTR a better dividend stock?

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Linde pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 159.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LIN or NTR?

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Linde shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LIN or NTR more profitable?

Linde has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.62%. Linde's return on equity of 18.71% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Linde	19.89%	18.71%	9.25%
Nutrien	2.62%	6.81%	3.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LIN or NTR?

Nutrien received 84 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.77% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Linde	Outperform Votes 359 63.77%	Underperform Votes 204 36.23%
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 443 62.22%	Underperform Votes 269 37.78%

Summary

Linde beats Nutrien on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.