Linde - LIN Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research 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 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" LIN shares.
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18 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Linde's stock. Their LIN share price forecasts range from $320.00 to $404.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $365.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.8% from the stock's current price.
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Linde's stock was trading at $346.43 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, LIN shares have decreased by 22.3% and is now trading at $269.15.
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Linde saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,450,000 shares, a drop of 14.2% from the August 15th total of 4,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $3.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.98 by $0.12. The basic materials company earned $8.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.39 billion. Linde had a net margin of 10.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.41%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.70 EPS.
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Linde announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 26th. Investors of record on Friday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of $1.17 per share on Friday, September 16th. This represents a $4.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 1st.
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Linde (NYSE:LIN) pays an annual dividend of $4.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.71%. The company 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 is 67.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LIN will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.73-$11.93 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $11.62. 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.14%), FMR LLC (2.43%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.22%), DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main (1.62%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.58%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Andreas Opfermann, Anne K Roby, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Franz Fehrenbach, John Panikar, Juergen Nowicki, Kelcey E Hoyt, Sanjiv Lamba 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 $269.15.

Linde (NYSE:LIN) has a market capitalization of $134.14 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 $6.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 72,327 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.