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$450.89 +6.65 (+1.50%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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LIN vs. CSQ, AMP, APD, ITW, MLM, PPG, NTR, ESI, AXTA, and CSW

Should you be buying Linde stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Linde include Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), PPG Industries (PPG), Nutrien (NTR), Element Solutions (ESI), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), and CSW Industrials (CSW).

Linde vs. Its Competitors

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Linde has a consensus target price of $520.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.33%. Given Linde's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Linde is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Linde$33.01B6.41$6.57B$14.0632.07

Linde has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Linde's return on equity of 19.09% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A N/A N/A
Linde 20.20%19.09%9.19%

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Linde pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Linde had 38 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Linde and 0 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral
Linde Very Positive

Summary

Linde beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LIN vs. The Competition

MetricLindeCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$211.43B$15.05B$3.78B$10.57B
Dividend Yield1.33%1.96%5.05%4.81%
P/E Ratio32.0747.35151.0722.95
Price / Sales6.412.9723,957.70131.84
Price / Cash19.0812.9126.4960.81
Price / Book5.443.117.186.52
Net Income$6.57B$424.10M$148.99M$276.93M
7 Day Performance-0.65%3.01%45.48%1.93%
1 Month Performance-5.28%-3.70%53.97%2.19%
1 Year Performance-7.31%1.02%75.26%34.99%

Linde Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIN
Linde
4.3451 of 5 stars
$450.89
+1.5%
$520.00
+15.3%
-7.2%$211.43B$33.01B32.0765,289Positive News
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$19.08
+1.3%
N/A+7.9%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.7653 of 5 stars
$486.46
+1.5%
$539.50
+10.9%
-9.9%$45.86B$17.26B15.1313,600Positive News
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
4.7314 of 5 stars
$261.55
+1.7%
$330.00
+26.2%
-23.0%$58.23B$12.06B37.6523,000Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.2565 of 5 stars
$245.62
+0.3%
$262.83
+7.0%
-4.3%$71.61B$15.90B21.5344,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
3.8068 of 5 stars
$642.76
+1.6%
$621.69
-3.3%
+9.1%$38.77B$6.69B35.669,400Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.7954 of 5 stars
$98.86
+0.4%
$126.82
+28.3%
-22.7%$22.31B$15.64B22.4246,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NTR
Nutrien
4.1885 of 5 stars
$60.36
+0.9%
$62.39
+3.4%
+19.1%$29.31B$25.97B21.6525,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
ESI
Element Solutions
4.7054 of 5 stars
$25.17
+5.1%
$27.88
+10.8%
+0.3%$6.08B$2.49B25.165,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5598 of 5 stars
$26.83
+1.6%
$36.43
+35.8%
-22.0%$5.81B$5.20B13.1612,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CSW
CSW Industrials
4.0787 of 5 stars
$235.84
+1.7%
$302.40
+28.2%
-38.9%$3.96B$878.30M28.162,600Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:LIN) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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