Linde plc Ordinary Shares

Linde plc Ordinary Shares

LIN · NASDAQ · Basic Materials / Specialty Chemicals

526.06USD+3.57 (+0.68%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close522.49
Open526.15
Day Range521.47 – 526.94
52-Week Range384.00 – 546.40
Volume1.25M
Market Cap241.73B
P/E (TTM)34.64
Forward P/E26.67
EPS15.20
Dividend Yield1.23%
Beta0.68
50-Day Avg487.83
200-Day Avg495.59

About

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. The company serves the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. It operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, and India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorBasic Materials
  • IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
  • CEOMr. Sanjiv Lamba
  • Employees64.51K
  • HeadquartersForge, 43 Church Street West, Woking, United Kingdom, GU21 6HT, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.linde.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Sanjiv LambaCEO & Chairman of the Board · b. 1964
  • Mr. Matthew J. White C.F.A.Executive VP & CFO · b. 1972
  • Mr. Sean F. DurbinCOO & EVP · b. 1971
  • Mr. Guillermo BicharaExecutive VP & Chief Legal Officer · b. 1975
  • Mr. Benjamin W. GlazerSenior VP of Americas · b. 1974
  • Denny BrownChief Accounting Officer
  • Mr. Juan PelaezVice President of Investor Relations
  • Karin GriggelChief Compliance Officer
  • Ms. Desiree Co BacherSenior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer · b. 1971
  • Mr. Moloy BanerjeePresident of ASEAN & South Asia · b. 1966

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue2.47B2.60B2.44B2.71B3.15B4.45B4.74B4.83B4.64B5.04B5.16B5.13B5.61B6.59B7.66B8.32B9.40B10.80B8.96B10.12B11.25B11.22B11.93B12.27B10.78B10.53B11.44B14.84B28.23B27.24B30.79B33.36B32.85B33.01B33.99B
Growth (%)-+5.47%-6.37%+11.20%+16.05%+41.42%+6.43%+2.07%-4.01%+8.71%+2.28%-0.58%+9.46%+17.48%+16.11%+8.73%+12.95%+14.83%-17.04%+12.95%+11.23%-0.25%+6.25%+2.92%-12.20%-2.25%+8.57%+29.72%+90.27%-3.49%+13.03%+8.35%-1.53%+0.46%+2.97%
Cost of Revenue1.40B1.45B1.39B1.51B1.78B2.56B2.76B2.81B2.73B3.08B3.06B2.95B3.33B4.57B5.31B5.66B6.33B7.34B5.88B6.68B7.46B7.40B7.85B8.13B7.07B6.98B7.64B10.85B21.32B20.01B22.18B23.65B21.31B20.92B21.15B
Gross Profit1.07B1.15B1.05B1.20B1.37B1.89B1.97B2.03B1.91B1.97B2.10B2.18B2.29B2.03B2.35B2.66B3.07B3.45B3.08B3.44B3.79B3.83B4.07B4.14B3.71B3.55B3.79B3.99B6.91B7.23B8.62B9.71B11.55B12.08B12.83B
Gross Margin43.22%44.32%43.11%44.41%43.52%42.37%41.63%41.92%41.11%39.02%40.67%42.47%40.71%30.77%30.69%31.96%32.66%31.97%34.37%33.98%33.69%34.10%34.15%33.74%34.43%33.72%33.16%26.87%24.48%26.55%27.98%29.10%35.14%36.61%37.76%
Operating Expense691.00M726.00M712.00M740.00M836.00M1.18B1.13B1.18B1.15B1.26B1.30B1.25B1.36B946.00M1.08B1.19B1.29B1.41B1.16B1.27B1.33B1.37B1.41B1.42B1.24B1.24B1.30B1.74B3.64B3.35B3.33B3.25B3.44B3.49B3.58B
Operating Income376.00M428.00M339.00M464.00M533.00M705.00M838.00M843.00M754.00M707.00M800.00M923.00M922.00M1.08B1.27B1.47B1.78B2.04B1.92B2.16B2.46B2.46B2.66B2.72B2.47B2.31B2.49B2.24B3.27B3.89B5.28B6.46B8.11B8.60B9.25B
Operating Margin15.23%16.44%13.90%17.12%16.94%15.85%17.70%17.44%16.25%14.02%15.51%18.00%16.43%16.42%16.63%17.68%18.96%18.91%21.39%21.37%21.88%21.91%22.34%22.14%22.93%21.98%21.79%15.13%11.58%14.28%17.16%19.36%24.67%26.04%27.23%
EBITDA612.00M685.00M601.00M737.00M812.00M1.13B1.28B1.31B1.20B1.18B1.30B1.41B1.44B1.68B1.96B2.17B2.56B2.89B2.76B3.09B3.46B3.46B3.77B3.89B3.58B3.44B3.68B4.07B7.94B8.52B9.92B10.66B11.92B12.38B13.02B
EBITDA Margin24.79%26.31%24.65%27.19%25.81%25.29%27.07%27.11%25.85%23.36%25.18%27.42%25.64%25.49%25.64%26.05%27.20%26.79%30.84%30.52%30.79%30.83%31.64%31.67%33.19%32.63%32.14%27.46%28.14%31.26%32.21%31.96%36.28%37.49%38.30%
Net Income107.00M-60.00M118.00M203.00M262.00M282.00M405.00M425.00M431.00M363.00M430.00M409.00M585.00M697.00M732.00M988.00M1.18B1.21B1.25B1.20B1.67B1.69B1.75B1.69B1.55B1.50B1.25B4.38B2.29B2.50B3.83B4.15B6.20B6.57B6.90B
Net Income Margin4.33%-2.30%4.84%7.49%8.33%6.34%8.55%8.79%9.29%7.20%8.34%7.98%10.42%10.57%9.56%11.87%12.52%11.22%14.00%11.81%14.86%15.07%14.72%13.80%14.36%14.24%10.90%29.53%8.09%9.18%12.42%12.43%18.87%19.89%20.30%
R&D---58.00M61.00M72.00M79.00M72.00M67.00M65.00M66.00M69.00M75.00M77.00M80.00M87.00M98.00M97.00M74.00M79.00M90.00M98.00M98.00M96.00M93.00M92.00M93.00M113.00M184.00M152.00M143.00M143.00M146.00M150.00M147.00M
R&D as % of Total Revenue---2.14%1.94%1.62%1.67%1.49%1.44%1.29%1.28%1.35%1.34%1.17%1.04%1.05%1.04%0.90%0.83%0.78%0.80%0.87%0.82%0.78%0.86%0.87%0.81%0.76%0.65%0.56%0.46%0.43%0.44%0.45%0.43%
Interest Expense0000000000000155.00M168.00M160.00M173.00M198.00M164.00M108.00M120.00M174.00M132.00M144.00M161.00M208.00M282.00M238.00M499.00M114.00M159.00M192.00M488.00M572.00M464.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%2.35%2.19%1.92%1.84%1.83%1.83%1.07%1.07%1.55%1.11%1.17%1.49%1.97%2.47%1.60%1.77%0.42%0.52%0.58%1.49%1.73%1.37%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets3.45B3.34B3.25B3.52B4.13B7.54B7.81B8.10B7.72B7.76B7.71B7.40B8.30B9.88B10.49B11.10B13.38B13.05B14.32B15.27B16.36B18.09B20.25B19.80B18.32B19.33B20.44B93.39B86.61B88.23B81.61B79.66B80.81B80.15B86.82B
Total Liabilities2.42B2.40B2.27B2.31B2.60B5.05B5.09B5.20B5.00B5.25B5.10B4.90B5.02B6.04B6.39B6.33B7.92B8.74B8.67B9.13B10.56B11.42B12.95B13.62B13.41B13.88B13.91B36.29B34.98B38.65B36.16B38.27B39.72B40.66B47.08B
Total Equity650.00M544.00M635.00M839.00M1.12B2.00B2.20B2.41B2.37B2.38B2.48B2.34B3.09B3.61B3.90B4.55B5.14B4.01B5.32B5.79B5.49B6.06B6.61B5.62B4.39B5.02B6.02B51.60B49.07B47.32B44.03B40.03B39.72B38.09B38.24B
Cash82.00M24.00M34.00M63.00M15.00M63.00M43.00M34.00M76.00M31.00M39.00M39.00M50.00M25.00M173.00M36.00M17.00M32.00M45.00M39.00M90.00M157.00M138.00M126.00M147.00M524.00M617.00M4.47B2.70B3.75B2.82B5.44B4.66B4.85B5.06B
Total Debt568.00M1.45B1.36B1.26B1.32B3.27B3.31B3.27B3.00B3.14B2.99B2.75B2.82B3.52B3.45B3.17B4.19B5.03B5.05B5.56B6.56B7.36B8.81B9.26B9.23B9.52B9.00B15.30B14.93B17.22B15.22B18.79B20.32B22.61B26.99B
Net Debt486.00M1.43B1.33B1.20B1.30B3.20B3.26B3.24B2.92B3.11B2.95B2.71B2.77B3.50B3.27B3.13B4.17B4.99B5.01B5.52B6.47B7.21B8.67B9.13B9.08B8.99B8.38B10.83B12.23B13.47B12.39B13.36B15.65B17.76B21.93B

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1991-12-311992-12-311993-12-311994-12-311995-12-311996-12-311997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow318.00M336.00M415.00M548.00M611.00M606.00M752.00M936.00M953.00M899.00M1.02B1.00B1.14B1.24B1.48B1.75B1.96B2.04B2.17B1.91B2.46B2.75B2.92B2.87B2.68B2.77B3.04B3.70B6.19B7.43B9.72B8.86B9.30B9.42B10.35B
Investing Cash Flow-364.00M-237.00M-285.00M-362.00M-720.00M-2.33B-703.00M-816.00M-686.00M-888.00M-763.00M-587.00M-992.00M-1.55B-887.00M-988.00M-1.81B-1.69B-1.45B-1.48B-2.00B-2.38B-3.24B-1.80B-1.30B-1.77B-1.31B5.34B1.19B-2.99B-3.01B-3.09B-4.67B-4.64B-5.72B
Financing Cash Flow74.00M-149.00M-94.00M-149.00M61.00M1.78B-68.00M-126.00M-226.00M-55.00M-247.00M-411.00M-136.00M281.00M-438.00M-905.00M-170.00M-333.00M-711.00M-419.00M-380.00M-303.00M328.00M-1.01B-1.30B-643.00M-1.66B-5.00B-8.99B-3.35B-7.59B-3.09B-5.40B-4.36B-4.55B
Capital Expenditure417.00M333.00M240.00M326.00M600.00M893.00M902.00M781.00M653.00M704.00M595.00M498.00M983.00M668.00M877.00M1.10B1.38B1.61B1.35B1.39B1.80B2.18B2.02B1.69B1.54B1.47B1.31B1.88B3.68B3.40B3.09B3.17B3.79B4.50B5.26B
Free Cash Flow-99.00M3.00M175.00M222.00M11.00M-287.00M-150.00M155.00M300.00M195.00M425.00M503.00M154.00M575.00M598.00M652.00M582.00M427.00M816.00M517.00M658.00M572.00M897.00M1.18B1.14B1.31B1.73B1.82B2.51B4.03B6.64B5.69B5.52B4.93B5.09B
Dividends Paid-16.00M32.00M37.00M45.00M58.00M69.00M79.00M89.00M98.00M110.00M123.00M149.00M195.00M233.00M323.00M381.00M468.00M491.00M551.00M602.00M655.00M708.00M759.00M819.00M856.00M901.00M1.17B1.89B2.03B2.19B2.34B2.48B2.65B2.81B
FCF to OCF-31.13%0.89%42.17%40.51%1.80%-47.36%-19.95%16.56%31.48%21.69%41.67%50.25%13.54%46.26%40.54%37.21%29.72%20.95%37.64%27.14%26.80%20.78%30.75%41.11%42.54%47.17%56.89%49.14%40.50%54.23%68.27%64.20%59.30%52.28%49.17%
Dividend Paid to FCF-533.33%18.29%16.67%409.09%-20.21%-46.00%50.97%29.67%50.26%25.88%24.45%96.75%33.91%38.96%49.54%65.46%109.60%60.17%106.58%91.49%114.51%78.93%64.38%71.78%65.44%52.08%64.10%75.46%50.34%32.97%41.19%44.98%53.90%55.24%

Earnings

Report DateDec 31, 1993Dec 31, 1994Jan 18, 1996Apr 24, 1996Jul 24, 1996Oct 23, 1996Jan 23, 1997Apr 22, 1997Jul 22, 1997Oct 21, 1997Jan 22, 1998Apr 21, 1998Jul 21, 1998Nov 3, 1998Jan 21, 1999Apr 21, 1999Jul 20, 1999Oct 20, 1999Jan 25, 2000Apr 20, 2000Jul 24, 2000Oct 19, 2000Jan 23, 2001Apr 23, 2001Jul 23, 2001Oct 24, 2001Jan 23, 2002Apr 22, 2002Jul 24, 2002Oct 23, 2002Jan 29, 2003Apr 21, 2003Jul 23, 2003Oct 29, 2003Jan 27, 2004Apr 28, 2004Jul 28, 2004Oct 27, 2004Jan 26, 2005Apr 27, 2005Jul 27, 2005Oct 26, 2005Jan 25, 2006Apr 26, 2006Jul 26, 2006Oct 25, 2006Jan 24, 2007Apr 25, 2007Jul 25, 2007Oct 24, 2007Jan 23, 2008Apr 23, 2008Jul 23, 2008Oct 29, 2008Jan 28, 2009Apr 29, 2009Jul 29, 2009Oct 28, 2009Jan 27, 2010Apr 28, 2010Jul 28, 2010Oct 27, 2010Jan 26, 2011Apr 27, 2011Jul 27, 2011Oct 26, 2011Jan 25, 2012Apr 25, 2012Jul 25, 2012Oct 24, 2012Jan 23, 2013Apr 24, 2013Jul 24, 2013Oct 30, 2013Jan 29, 2014Apr 23, 2014Jul 23, 2014Oct 29, 2014Jan 28, 2015Apr 29, 2015Jul 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015Jan 29, 2016Apr 29, 2016Jul 28, 2016Oct 27, 2016Jan 26, 2017Apr 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017Oct 26, 2017Jan 25, 2018Apr 26, 2018Jul 26, 2018Nov 9, 2018Mar 18, 2019May 10, 2019Aug 5, 2019Nov 12, 2019Feb 13, 2020May 7, 2020Jul 31, 2020Nov 5, 2020Feb 5, 2021May 6, 2021Jul 30, 2021Oct 29, 2021Feb 10, 2022Apr 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022Oct 27, 2022Feb 7, 2023Apr 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023Oct 26, 2023Feb 6, 2024May 2, 2024Aug 2, 2024Oct 31, 2024Feb 6, 2025May 1, 2025Aug 1, 2025Oct 31, 2025Feb 5, 2026May 1, 2026Jul 31, 2026Oct 29, 2026Oct 30, 2026
EPS Estimate--0.220.230.250.260.290.300.330.330.330.310.330.330.330.290.320.340.350.340.380.380.380.370.390.360.340.370.400.430.420.390.430.450.660.610.510.580.540.580.610.600.640.640.710.730.780.800.870.910.960.951.061.060.960.920.991.001.091.091.131.201.231.261.371.391.371.361.421.391.381.381.481.521.551.511.591.621.561.441.451.451.471.271.361.401.411.331.421.441.481.561.701.691.501.571.711.771.841.841.651.952.152.262.532.662.672.772.962.932.893.143.493.573.503.673.793.913.923.924.044.184.184.274.494.524.52
EPS Actual0.150.190.230.240.250.270.300.310.330.330.330.310.340.330.330.300.330.350.350.360.380.380.380.390.390.370.360.770.420.430.430.400.440.460.470.490.530.530.550.590.630.610.670.680.720.750.820.810.890.940.980.991.081.111.010.930.961.021.091.091.191.211.251.291.381.401.361.381.421.391.381.381.491.511.551.511.581.621.571.431.451.461.471.281.391.411.411.371.461.501.521.651.721.691.461.691.831.941.891.891.902.152.302.492.702.732.772.933.103.103.163.423.573.633.593.753.853.943.973.954.094.214.204.334.504.59-
Surprise--4.55%4.35%0.00%3.85%3.45%3.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%3.03%0.00%0.00%3.45%3.13%2.94%0.00%5.88%0.00%0.00%0.00%5.41%0.00%2.78%5.88%108.11%5.00%0.00%2.38%2.56%2.33%2.22%-28.79%-19.67%3.92%-8.62%1.85%1.72%3.28%1.67%4.69%6.25%1.41%2.74%5.13%1.25%2.30%3.30%2.08%4.21%1.89%4.72%5.21%1.09%-3.03%2.00%0.00%0.00%5.31%0.83%1.63%2.38%0.73%0.72%-0.73%1.47%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.68%-0.66%0.00%0.00%-0.63%0.00%0.64%-0.69%0.00%0.69%0.00%0.79%2.21%0.71%0.00%3.01%2.82%4.17%2.70%5.77%1.18%0.00%-2.67%7.64%7.02%9.60%2.72%2.72%15.15%10.26%6.98%10.18%6.72%2.63%3.75%5.78%4.73%5.80%9.34%8.92%2.29%1.68%2.57%2.18%1.58%0.77%1.28%0.77%1.24%0.72%0.48%1.41%0.22%1.55%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap241.73B
Enterprise Value262.30B
Trailing P/E34.64
Forward P/E26.67
PEG Ratio2.05
Price / Sales6.67
Price / Book6.08
EPS15.20
Book Value85.87
Revenue (TTM)36.24B
Gross Profit (TTM)17.34B
EBITDA13.82B
Profit Margin19.34%
Operating Margin27.57%
Return on Equity17.72%
Return on Assets7.17%
Shares Outstanding459.08M
Shares Float457.59M
Beta0.68
Dividend Yield1.23%
Dividend Rate6.40
Payout Ratio36.32%

Analyst Ratings

Buy
Based on 29 analystsTarget 551.04
  • Strong Buy
    17
  • Buy
    6
  • Hold
    5
  • Strong Sell
    1

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
89.12%
Insiders
0.25%
Retail / Other
10.63%

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    17.43M3.80%
  • Amvescap Plc.
    15.32M3.34%
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    12.47M2.72%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    11.94M2.60%
  • T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
    11.83M2.58%
  • FMR Inc
    8.32M1.81%
  • Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
    7.38M1.61%
  • NORGES BANK
    6.64M1.45%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co
    6.54M1.43%
  • Freemont Capital Pte Ltd
    5.08M1.11%

Top Fund Holders

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    14.62M3.19%
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    12.11M2.64%
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    9.59M2.09%
  • iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
    6.15M1.34%
  • Fidelity 500 Index
    5.99M1.30%
  • State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF
    5.63M1.23%
  • American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A
    5.57M1.21%

Dividends

20263×
1.60Sep 3, 20261.60Jun 4, 20261.60Mar 11, 2026
20254×
1.50Dec 3, 20251.50Sep 4, 20251.50Jun 4, 20251.50Mar 13, 2025
20244×
1.39Dec 3, 20241.39Sep 4, 20241.39Jun 4, 20241.39Mar 13, 2024
20234×
1.27Dec 1, 20231.27Sep 1, 20231.27Jun 1, 20231.27Mar 13, 2023
20224×
1.17Dec 1, 20221.17Sep 1, 20221.17Jun 2, 20221.17Mar 10, 2022
20214×
1.06Dec 2, 20211.06Sep 2, 20211.06Jun 2, 20211.06Mar 4, 2021
20201×
0.96Dec 2, 2020

Stock Splits

  • Dec 16, 20032:1