NYSE:LINLinde Stock Price, Forecast & 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 shares have increased by 1.1% and is now trading at $175.92. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Linde.

Linde is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 8th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Linde.

Linde PLC (NYSE:LIN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.84 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $7.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.95 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 7.54% and a net margin of 8.09%. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.46 EPS. View Linde's earnings history.

Linde announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.963 per share on Friday, March 20th. This represents a $3.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. This is a positive change from Linde's previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. View Linde's dividend history.

Linde updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of 8.00-8.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $8.09.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Linde's shares. Their forecasts range from $184.00 to $255.00. On average, they anticipate Linde's share price to reach $225.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Linde.

News coverage about LIN stock has trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Linde earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutLinde.

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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 investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.00%), Triangle Securities Wealth Management (0.00%), Woodstock Corp (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Linde stock include Anne K Roby, Bernd Hugo Eulitz, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, Franz Fehrenbach, Matthew J White, Robert L Wood, Stephen F Angel and Thomas Enders. View institutional ownership trends for Linde.

LIN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Linde company stock in the last year include Anne K Roby, Bernd Hugo Eulitz, Christian Bruch, Eduardo F Menezes, and Stephen F Angel. View insider buying and selling activity for Linde.

LIN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cullinan Associates Inc., Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Woodstock Corp, and Triangle Securities Wealth Management. Company insiders that have bought Linde stock in the last two years include Christian Bruch, Franz Fehrenbach, Stephen F Angel, and Thomas Enders. View insider buying and selling activity for Linde.

Shares of LIN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $175.92.

Linde has a market capitalization of $95.86 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. View additional information about Linde.

The official website for Linde is http://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]