Linde (LIN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LIN shares.
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14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Linde's stock. Their LIN share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $418.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $380.76 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price.
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Linde's stock was trading at $326.18 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LIN shares have increased by 10.5% and is now trading at $360.47.
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Linde saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,350,000 shares, an increase of 8.8% from the April 15th total of 3,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,360,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 27th. The basic materials company reported $3.42 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.12 by $0.30. The basic materials company earned $8.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.20 billion. Linde had a net margin of 13.46% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.71%. The firm's revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS.
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Linde declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $1.275 per share on Friday, June 16th. This represents a $5.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 1st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Linde (NYSE:LIN) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT), Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW), ProShares Ultra Materials (UYM), iShares Global Materials ETF (MXI), Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF (MCSE) and Direxion Hydrogen ETF (HJEN).

Linde (NYSE:LIN) pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.41%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 31 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 56.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LIN will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $13.45-$13.85 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $12.20. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

14 employees have rated Linde Chief Executive Officer Vincent L. Sadusky on Glassdoor.com. Vincent L. Sadusky has an approval rating of 59% among the company's employees. This puts Vincent L. Sadusky in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Linde trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LIN."

Linde's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.99%), State Street Corp (4.08%), FMR LLC (2.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.85%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.62%). Insiders that own company stock include Andreas Opfermann, David P Strauss, Eduardo F Menezes, Guillermo Bichara, John Panikar, Juergen Nowicki, Kelcey E Hoyt, Sanjiv Lamba, Sean Durbin and Stephen F Angel.
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Shares of LIN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $360.47.

Linde (NYSE:LIN) has a market capitalization of $176.75 billion and generates $33.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $4.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 65,010 workers across the globe.

Linde's mailing address is The Priestley Centre 10 Priestley Road Surrey Research Park, Guildford X0, GU2 7XY. The official website for the company is www.linde.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 441483242200, via email at investor.relations@linde.com, or via fax at 800-772-9985.