Basic Materials
Linde plc(LIN)
Live Price
Offline$515.85
-0.45% today
1Y Change
+12.09%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $238.11B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.0%
- EPS Growth
- +7.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.2%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Linde plc (LIN) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $238.11B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $515.85 and up 12.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.0%, EPS growth of +7.0%, a dividend yield of 1.2%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.0%, EPS +7.0%, free cash flow +3.3% with operating margin 26.4% and ROIC 9.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 33.5 and price/sales 6.9. Stock Foundry combines LIN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+3.0% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+26.4% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.0% and EPS at +7.0%, with operating margin around 26.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | -0.1% | +3.6% | +2.8% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | +0.5% | -2.5% | +2.9% | +5.4% |
2025 Oct 31, 2025 | +0.7% | -1.5% | +0.5% | -2.7% |
Benchmark Edge
LIN vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LIN Max Drawdown
-19.48%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LIN and SPY.
Company Overview
Linde plc
NASDAQ Global Select
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas and engineering company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for the gas businesses in various locations, such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen, and synthesis gas plants. It serves a range of industries, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.
- Leadership
- Sanjiv Lamba
- IPO Date
- Jun 17, 1992
- Employees
- 65.1k
- Street Address
- Forge
- Mailing
- Woking, GU21 6HT
- Region
- Woking, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 203 837 2210
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 33.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.5
- Price/Sales
- 6.9
- Price/Book
- 6.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.0%
- EPS
- +7.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +3.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 33.7%
- Operating Margin
- 26.4%
- Net Margin
- 20.6%
- ROE
- 18.5%
- ROIC
- 9.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.64
- Current Ratio
- 0.83
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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