Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$523.48
+1.50% today
1Y Change
+11.06%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → 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 $523.48 and up 11.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LIN
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Normalized return
SPY
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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
Uses the longest available daily history for LIN and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
1.19%
Trailing 12M Payout
$4.60
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | Mar 11, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $1.60 | $1.60 | Quarterly |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.50 | Quarterly |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.50 | Quarterly |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Jun 4, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.50 | Quarterly |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $1.50 | $1.50 | Quarterly |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | Dec 17, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 | Sep 18, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Jun 4, 2024 | Jun 18, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.39 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 4, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 2, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Mar 13, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 | $1.27 | $1.27 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 2, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 | $1.17 | $1.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Sep 2, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | $1.17 | $1.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Jun 3, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 | $1.17 | $1.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Mar 11, 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 | $1.17 | $1.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 17, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 | Jun 17, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | Quarterly |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | Mar 22, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 17, 2020 | $0.96 | $0.96 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2020 | Sep 3, 2020 | Sep 18, 2020 | $0.96 | $0.96 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Jun 3, 2020 | Jun 17, 2020 | $0.96 | $0.96 | Quarterly |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Mar 6, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | $0.96 | $0.96 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2019 | Dec 3, 2019 | Dec 17, 2019 | $0.88 | $0.88 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | Sep 17, 2019 | $0.88 | $0.88 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2019 | Jun 3, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | $0.88 | $0.88 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 | $0.88 | $0.88 | Quarterly |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Aug 6, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2018 | Mar 7, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | $0.82 | $0.82 | Quarterly |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Sep 7, 2017 | Sep 8, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Jun 7, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Mar 7, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Dec 7, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Sep 8, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Jun 7, 2016 | Jun 15, 2016 | $0.75 | $0.75 | Quarterly |
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