Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$519.33
-0.56% today
1Y Change
+11.22%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 27, 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 $519.33 and up 11.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 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.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$30.8B
-7.7% YoY
FY Net Income
$3.8B
-7.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$6.6B
+16.7% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.0%
EPS Growth
+7.0%
Gross Margin
33.7%
Net Margin
20.6%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 34.0B | 33.0B | 32.9B | 33.4B | 30.8B |
| Gross Profit | 14.7B | 12.1B | 11.5B | 9.7B | 8.6B |
| Operating Income | 8.9B | 8.6B | 8.1B | 6.5B | 5.3B |
| EBITDA | 12.9B | 12.9B | 12.3B | 9.9B | 9.9B |
| Net Income | 6.9B | 6.6B | 6.2B | 4.1B | 3.8B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 5.1B | 4.8B | 4.7B | 5.4B | 2.8B |
| Total Assets | 86.8B | 80.1B | 80.8B | 79.7B | 81.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 47.1B | 40.7B | 39.7B | 38.3B | 36.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 38.2B | 38.1B | 39.7B | 40.0B | 44.0B |
| Total Debt | 27.0B | 22.6B | 20.3B | 18.8B | 15.2B |
| Net Debt | 21.9B | 17.8B | 15.7B | 13.4B | 12.4B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
9.7B
+9.7% YoY
Capital Expenditures
3.1B
+2.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
6.6B
+16.7% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
33.7%
Operating Margin
26.4%
Net Margin
20.6%
ROE
18.5%
Debt / Equity
0.64x
Next Step
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