Linde Stock Forecast, Price & News

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 44.6% and is now trading at $251.48.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Linde stock.
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6,978 employees have rated Linde CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Linde's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Linde is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 5th 2021.
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Linde will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 5th. The basic materials company reported $2.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.18. The basic materials company earned $6.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.76 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 8.56% and a net margin of 8.29%.
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Linde declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.963 per share on Thursday, December 17th. This represents a $3.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 2nd.
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Linde pays an annual dividend of $3.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.52%. Linde has been increasing its dividend for 27 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Linde is 52.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Linde will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.03% next year. This indicates that Linde will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Linde updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 8.05-8.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.79.

23 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Linde's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Linde's share price to reach $252.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price.
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Linde saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,900,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the December 15th total of 2,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,770,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pendal Group Limited (0.08%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.04%), Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.04%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.04%), James Hambro & Partners (0.04%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Linde stock include Anne K Roby, Bernd Hugo Eulitz, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Franz Fehrenbach, Juergen Nowicki, Matthew J White, Stephen F Angel and Thomas Enders.
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LIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Windward Capital Management Co. CA, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, and Pendal Group Limited. Company insiders that have sold Linde company stock in the last year include Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Juergen Nowicki, and Stephen F Angel.
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LIN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including James Hambro & Partners, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Busey Wealth Management, M. Kraus & Co, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, and Kestra Advisory Services LLC. Company insiders that have bought Linde stock in the last two years include Christian Bruch, Franz Fehrenbach, Stephen F Angel, and Thomas Enders.
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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.

One share of LIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $251.48.

Linde has a market capitalization of $131.99 billion and generates $28.23 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $2.29 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.34 on an earnings per share basis. Linde employs 79,886 workers across the globe.

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

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]