Linde Stock Forecast, Price & News

20 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 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Linde stock.
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Linde saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 3,530,000 shares, an increase of 22.1% from the April 29th total of 2,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Linde is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 29th 2021.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $2.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.26 by $0.23. The basic materials company had revenue of $7.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.07 billion. Linde had a net margin of 10.48% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.66%.
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Linde's stock was trading at $173.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LIN stock has increased by 62.2% and is now trading at $282.02.
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Linde declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $1.06 per share on Thursday, June 17th. This represents a $4.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 2nd.
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Linde pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.48%. Linde has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Linde is 51.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Linde will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.89% next year. This indicates that Linde will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde issued an update on its second quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.500-2.550 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.300. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Linde's stock. Their forecasts range from $220.00 to $358.00. On average, they anticipate Linde's stock price to reach $312.81 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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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 BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.64%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.08%). Company insiders that own Linde stock include Anne K Roby, Bernd Hugo Eulitz, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Franz Fehrenbach, 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 Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Bank of Montreal Can, Principal Financial Group Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, APG Asset Management N.V., and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have sold Linde company stock in the last year include Eduardo F Menezes, 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 Ameriprise Financial Inc., Capital International Investors, Winder Investment Pte Ltd, Alliancebernstein L.P., Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AKO Capital LLP, and Toronto Dominion Bank. Company insiders that have bought Linde stock in the last two years include Franz Fehrenbach, and Stephen F Angel.
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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 $282.02.

Linde has a market capitalization of $146.66 billion and generates $27.24 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $2.50 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.23 on an earnings per share basis.

Linde employs 74,207 workers across the globe.

Linde was founded in 1879.

The official website for Linde is www.linde.com.

Linde is headquartered at The Priestley Centre 10 Priestley Road Surrey Research Park, Guildford X0, GU2 7XY.

Linde's mailing address is The Priestley Centre 10 Priestley Road Surrey Research Park, Guildford X0, GU2 7XY. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 44-14-8324-2200 or via email at [email protected]