Linde Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Linde stock.
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Linde saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,540,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the August 15th total of 2,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Linde is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $2.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.17. The basic materials company earned $7.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.38 billion. Linde had a net margin of 11.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.54%. Linde's revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.90 EPS.
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Linde's stock was trading at $173.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LIN stock has increased by 80.0% and is now trading at $313.08.
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Linde announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $1.06 per share on Friday, September 17th. This represents a $4.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 2nd.
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Linde pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.35%. 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 36.84% next year. This indicates that Linde will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $10.100-$10.300 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.010. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

17 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Linde's stock. Their forecasts range from $293.00 to $360.00. On average, they expect Linde's stock price to reach $335.45 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.21%), BlackRock Inc. (4.77%), State Street Corp (4.12%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.52%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.43%) and FMR LLC (2.00%). Company insiders that own Linde stock include Anne K Roby, 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 BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Northern Trust Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, California State Teachers Retirement System, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, and State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Linde company stock in the last year include Eduardo F Menezes, 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 Amundi, Winder Investment Pte Ltd, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Renaissance Technologies LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., and Winslow Capital Management LLC. 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 $313.08.

Linde has a market capitalization of $161.68 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 441483242200 or via email at [email protected]