Linde (LIN) Competitors

Linde presently has a consensus price target of $543.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Sherwin-Williams has a consensus price target of $385.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Linde is more favorable than Sherwin-Williams.

Linde has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the broader market.

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

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Linde pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherwin-Williams pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Sherwin-Williams has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years.

Linde has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of 11.01%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 67.97% beat Linde's return on equity.

In the previous week, Linde had 7 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Linde and 12 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Linde's score of 0.73 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Linde shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Linde had 3 more articles in the media than Ecolab. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Linde and 16 mentions for Ecolab. Ecolab's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Linde's score of 0.73 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Linde currently has a consensus price target of $543.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Ecolab has a consensus price target of $327.56, suggesting a potential upside of 14.99%. Given Ecolab's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Linde.

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

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Ecolab shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Linde shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ecolab shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Linde has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Ecolab's net margin of 12.57%. Ecolab's return on equity of 22.72% beat Linde's return on equity.

Linde has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ecolab has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the broader market.

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Linde pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecolab pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Linde has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Ecolab has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Linde has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Corteva's net margin of 5.66%. Linde's return on equity of 20.09% beat Corteva's return on equity.

In the previous week, Corteva had 1 more articles in the media than Linde. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Corteva and 19 mentions for Linde. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Linde's score of 0.73 indicating that Corteva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Linde presently has a consensus price target of $543.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Corteva has a consensus price target of $91.70, indicating a potential upside of 19.17%. Given Corteva's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corteva is more favorable than Linde.

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

Linde has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the broader market.

82.8% of Linde shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Linde shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Linde pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corteva pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Corteva has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Linde is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Linde has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the broader market.

Linde currently has a consensus price target of $543.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Nutrien has a consensus price target of $81.84, indicating a potential upside of 27.10%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Linde.

In the previous week, Nutrien had 4 more articles in the media than Linde. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Nutrien and 19 mentions for Linde. Linde's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Nutrien's score of 0.67 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% 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.

Linde has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 8.44%. Linde's return on equity of 20.09% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Linde pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nutrien pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Linde has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Nutrien has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Nutrien is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.