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Linde plc (LIN.DE)

EUR457.60 -2.00 (-0.44%)
GB XETRA Basic Materials Chemicals - Specialty
Address Forge GU21 6HT
Woking, GB
CEO Sanjiv Lamba
Website linde.com
IPO 2010-10-29
ISIN IE000S9YS762

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Also trades on Deutsche Börse · LIN.DE (EUR) NASDAQ Global Select · LIN (USD) Swiss Exchange · LIN.SW (CHF)
Description

Linde plc is a global industrial gas and engineering firm with extensive operations across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company provides a broad range of gases, including atmospheric types such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and various rare gases, as well as process gases like carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, specialized electronic gases, and acetylene. Beyond gas supply, Linde is also a prominent engineering contractor, designing and building comprehensive, operational process plants for both external customers and its own gas production facilities. These plants encompass applications such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen, and synthesis gas. Its services and products cater to a multitude of industries, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, food and beverage (including carbonation), fiber-optics, steelmaking, aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment. Founded in 1879, Linde plc is headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Price
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EUR457.60 -2.00 (-0.44%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
19.0K
Beta
0.55
Float Shares
460.94M
Free Float %
99.5%
Price Performance
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+0.28% -0.60% +0.00% +7.11% +16.20% +16.32% +4.55% +25.97% +74.92% +462.93% +1,171.11%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (31 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
457.60
DCF (Unlevered) 365.07 -20.2%
DCF (Levered) 196.68 -57.0%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 1 0
Buy 1 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
4.05
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
5 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
B+
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
High
ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
2 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Chemicals - Specialty: +4.7%
    +3.0% Q1'26: +7.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Chemicals - Specialty: +13.2%
    +7.3% Q1'26: +12.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Chemicals - Specialty: +44.1%
    +19.4% Q1'26: +10.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Chemicals - Specialty: +8.8%
    +26.9% Q1'26: +28.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Chemicals - Specialty: +5.6%
    +11.6% Q1'26: +12.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Chemicals - Specialty: +0.1%
    -2.1% Q1'26: -2.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Chemicals - Specialty: 0.18×
    2.09× Q1'26: 1.98× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.56) × ERP
WACC = 90% × Ke + 10% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 360.46 Current price: 457.60
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2011
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Dec 2012
actual
Dec 2013
actual
Dec 2014
actual
Dec 2015
actual
Dec 2016
actual
Dec 2017
actual
Dec 2018
actual
Dec 2019
actual
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Dec 2021
actual
Dec 2022
actual
Dec 2023
actual
Dec 2024
actual
Dec 2025
actual
Dec 2026
24 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
24 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
11 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
23 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Dec 2030
15 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
11.25B
est: 11.45B (-1.7%)
11.22B
est: 11.38B (-1.3%)
11.93B
est: 12.13B (-1.7%)
12.27B
est: 12.52B (-2.0%)
10.78B
est: 9.97B (+8.1%)
10.53B
est: 9.99B (+5.4%)
11.44B
est: 9.42B (+21.4%)
14.84B
est: 24.33B (-39.0%)
28.23B
est: 25.09B (+12.5%)
27.24B
est: 22.09B (+23.3%)
30.79B
est: 26.69B (+15.4%)
33.36B
est: 31.69B (+5.3%)
32.85B
est: 29.67B (+10.7%)
33.01B
est: 33.35B (-1.0%)
33.99B
est: 33.87B (+0.3%)
35.24B
35.24B – 35.54B
+4.0% YoY
37.01B
37.01B – 37.62B
+5.0% YoY
39.18B
39.18B – 39.66B
+5.8% YoY
42.80B
42.80B – 43.33B
+9.2% YoY
43.34B
43.34B – 43.88B
+1.3% YoY
EBITDA
3.45B
est: 3.09B (+11.5%)
3.47B
est: 3.14B (+10.7%)
3.69B
est: 3.33B (+10.7%)
3.71B
est: 3.44B (+7.9%)
3.27B
est: 2.94B (+11.2%)
3.38B
est: 3.00B (+12.6%)
3.75B
est: 3.20B (+17.1%)
7.12B
est: 7.29B (-2.3%)
8.10B
est: 6.44B (+25.8%)
8.12B
est: 7.17B (+13.4%)
9.89B
est: 7.60B (+30.2%)
9.94B
est: 7.92B (+25.6%)
12.29B
est: 8.21B (+49.8%)
12.92B
est: 12.20B (+5.9%)
12.92B
est: 16.01B (-19.3%)
16.66B
16.66B – 16.80B
+4.0% YoY
17.50B
17.50B – 17.78B
+5.0% YoY
18.52B
18.52B – 18.75B
+5.8% YoY
20.23B
20.23B – 20.48B
+9.2% YoY
20.49B
20.49B – 20.75B
+1.3% YoY
EBIT
2.44B
est: 2.33B (+4.9%)
2.47B
est: 2.45B (+0.7%)
2.58B
est: 2.60B (-0.8%)
2.54B
est: 2.71B (-6.3%)
2.16B
est: 2.29B (-5.7%)
2.26B
est: 2.24B (+0.5%)
2.57B
est: 2.41B (+6.4%)
5.29B
est: 6.14B (-13.9%)
3.43B
est: 5.20B (-34.1%)
3.50B
est: 2.77B (+26.4%)
5.26B
est: 2.93B (+79.2%)
5.74B
est: 3.06B (+87.6%)
8.48B
est: 3.17B (+167.4%)
9.14B
est: 13.54B (-32.5%)
9.15B
est: 13.49B (-32.2%)
14.04B
14.04B – 14.16B
+4.0% YoY
14.74B
14.74B – 14.98B
+5.0% YoY
15.61B
15.61B – 15.80B
+5.8% YoY
17.05B
17.05B – 17.26B
+9.2% YoY
17.27B
17.27B – 17.48B
+1.3% YoY
Net Income
1.67B
est: 1.34B (+25.0%)
1.69B
est: 1.66B (+1.9%)
1.76B
est: 1.80B (-2.7%)
1.69B
est: 1.81B (-6.5%)
1.55B
est: 1.49B (+3.9%)
1.50B
est: 1.50B (+0.3%)
1.25B
est: 1.61B (-22.6%)
4.38B
est: 3.13B (+39.9%)
2.29B
est: 4.34B (-47.4%)
2.50B
est: 2.16B (+16.0%)
3.83B
est: 2.29B (+67.4%)
4.15B
est: 2.38B (+74.2%)
6.20B
est: 2.47B (+151.0%)
6.57B
est: 7.37B (-10.9%)
6.90B
est: 7.76B (-11.1%)
8.30B
8.30B – 8.43B
+6.9% YoY
9.08B
9.08B – 9.23B
+9.5% YoY
10.00B
10.00B – 10.16B
+10.1% YoY
11.87B
11.87B – 12.07B
+18.7% YoY
11.61B
11.61B – 11.80B
-2.2% YoY
SGA
1.24B
est: 1.34B (-7.4%)
1.27B
est: 1.23B (+3.2%)
1.29B
est: 1.35B (-4.5%)
1.31B
est: 1.39B (-6.1%)
1.15B
est: 1.15B (+0.2%)
1.15B
est: 1.11B (+2.8%)
1.21B
est: 1.23B (-1.9%)
1.63B
est: 3.03B (-46.3%)
3.46B
est: 1.61B (+114.1%)
3.19B
est: 3.26B (-2.1%)
3.19B
est: 3.46B (-7.8%)
3.11B
est: 3.60B (-13.8%)
3.30B
est: 3.74B (-11.8%)
3.34B
est: 3.39B (-1.6%)
3.43B
est: 3.38B (+1.5%)
3.52B
3.52B – 3.55B
+4.0% YoY
3.69B
3.69B – 3.75B
+5.0% YoY
3.91B
3.91B – 3.96B
+5.8% YoY
4.27B
4.27B – 4.32B
+9.2% YoY
4.33B
4.33B – 4.38B
+1.3% YoY
EPS
5.53
est: 7.16 (-22.7%)
5.67
est: 7.26 (-21.8%)
5.94
est: 7.95 (-25.3%)
5.79
est: 8.22 (-29.5%)
5.39
est: 5.33 (+1.0%)
5.25
est: 5.20 (+1.0%)
4.36
est: 4.84 (-9.9%)
13.26
est: 4.95 (+167.6%)
4.22
est: 6.50 (-35.1%)
4.75
est: 6.62 (-28.2%)
7.40
est: 9.33 (-20.7%)
8.30
est: 11.25 (-26.2%)
12.70
est: 12.77 (-0.6%)
13.71
est: 15.47 (-11.4%)
14.69
est: 16.43 (-10.6%)
17.57
17.57 – 17.85
+6.9% YoY
19.24
19.24 – 19.55
+9.5% YoY
21.18
21.18 – 21.52
+10.1% YoY
25.15
25.15 – 25.55
+18.7% YoY
24.60
24.60 – 25.00
-2.2% YoY
Recent Grade Changes (3M)
Date Firm Previous New Grade Action
2026-05-05 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Maintain
2026-05-04 JP Morgan Overweight Overweight Maintain
2026-04-24 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Maintain
2026-04-17 Seaport Global Buy Buy Maintain
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-11 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-08 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-07 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-06 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-05 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-05-04 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-30 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-29 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-28 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-27 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-24 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-23 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-22 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-21 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-20 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-17 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-16 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-15 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 1/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
6.43B
OE per share TTM
13.69
Owner's Yield
3.23%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
43.01%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
85.1%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
140.8K
Shares Outstanding
463.39M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Sanjiv Lamba Chief Executive Officer & Director 6M male
John Mathew Panikar Executive Vice President of APAC 4M male
Matthew J. White Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer 3M male
Sean F. Durbin Executive Vice President of EMEA 3M male
Guillermo Bichara Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer male
Sandeep Sen Chief Information Officer
Luiz Oliveira Vice President of Operations, Excellence & Productivity male
John van der Velden Senior Vice President of Engineering Sales & Technology
Juan Pelaez Vice President of Investor Relations male
Kelcey E. Hoyt Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer female
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

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