Linde Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Linde stock.
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17 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Linde's stock. Their LIN stock forecasts range from $330.00 to $404.00. On average, they expect Linde's share price to reach $367.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price.
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Linde's stock was trading at $346.43 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, LIN stock has decreased by 12.5% and is now trading at $303.23.
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Linde is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 29th 2022.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 28th. The basic materials company reported $2.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.78 by $0.15. The basic materials company earned $8.20 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.09 billion. Linde had a net margin of 12.66% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.62%. The business's revenue was up 13.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.49 EPS.
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Linde announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $1.17 per share on Friday, June 17th. This represents a $4.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 2nd.
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Linde(NYSE:LIN) pays an annual dividend of $4.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.58%. Linde 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 of Linde is 60.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Linde will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.40% next year. This indicates that Linde will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $11.65-$11.90 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.02. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

14 employees have rated Linde CEO Vincent L. Sadusky on Glassdoor.com. Vincent L. Sadusky has an approval rating of 59% among Linde'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 shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.11%), BlackRock Inc. (5.11%), State Street Corp (3.97%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.72%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.35%) and Capital International Investors (1.85%). Company insiders that own Linde stock include Andreas Opfermann, Anne K Roby, Bernd Hugo Eulitz, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Franz Fehrenbach, John Panikar, Juergen Nowicki, Kelcey E Hoyt, Sanjiv Lamba and Stephen F Angel.
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LIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , AKO Capital LLP, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, Parnassus Investments LLC, State Street Corp, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Linde company stock in the last two years include Andreas Opfermann, Eduardo F Menezes, John Panikar, Juergen Nowicki, Kelcey E Hoyt, Sanjiv Lamba, and Stephen F Angel.
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LIN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Capital International Investors, BlackRock Inc., Capital World Investors, Egerton Capital UK LLP, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, and Capital Research Global Investors.
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Shares of LIN 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 $303.23.

Linde (NYSE:LIN) has a market capitalization of $152.44 billion and generates $30.79 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.83 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.759990 on an earnings per share basis.

Linde employs 72,327 workers across the globe.

Linde was founded in 1879.

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