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Ticker
LIN

Price
482.22
Stock movement up
+1.22 (0.25%)
Company name
Linde plc Ordinary Shares
Exchange
(NASDAQ
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Basic Materials >
Specialty Chemicals
Market cap
225.17B
Ent value
267.19B
Price/Sales
6.63
Price/Book
5.67
Div yield
1.24%
Div growth
9.27%
Growth years
28
FCF payout
55.24%
Trailing P/E
32.44
Forward P/E
24.77
PEG
1.87
EPS growth
25.60%
1 year return (CAGR)
4.59%
3 year return (CAGR)
13.18%
5 year return (CAGR)
13.54%
10 year return (CAGR)
16.81%
Last updated: 2026-02-20

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share6.00
Dividend yield1.24%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield1.77%
Average yield1.37%
Minimum yield1.07%
Discount to avg yield-10.45%
Upside potential-9.46%
Yield as % of max yield70.25%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.24%
Current yield distribution86.03%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.07%
Yield at 90%1.22%
Yield at 80%1.26%
Yield at 50% (Median)1.36%
Yield at 20%1.47%
Yield at 10%1.57%
Yield at 0% (Max)1.77%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth28 years
CCC statusDividend Champion
Dividend per share6.00
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date3 Dec 2025
EPS (TTM)14.81
EPS (1y forward)19.47
EPS growth (5y)25.60%
EPS growth (5y forward)17.34%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
LINS&P500
DGR MR7.91%-13.74%
DGR TTM7.91%6.60%
DGR 3 years8.63%7.31%
DGR 5 years9.27%4.69%
DGR 10 years7.69%6.30%
DGR 15 years8.36%8.16%
Time since last change announced363 days
EPS growth (5y)25.60%
EPS growth (5y forward)17.34%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM40.50%55.24%
Average--
Forward30.82%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E32.44
Price to OCF21.76
Price to FCF44.25
Price to EBITDA17.57
EV to EBITDA20.85

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales6.63
Price to Book5.67
EV to Sales7.86

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count466.95M
EPS (TTM)14.81
FCF per share (TTM)10.86

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)33.99B
Gross profit (TTM)14.73B
Operating income (TTM)8.94B
Net income (TTM)6.94B
EPS (TTM)14.81
EPS (1y forward)19.47

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)43.33%
Operating margin (TTM)26.29%
Profit margin (TTM)20.42%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash5.06B
Net receivables5.24B
Total current assets13.32B
Goodwill27.93B
Intangible assets11.87B
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets86.82B
Accounts payable2.81B
Short/Current long term debt26.99B
Total current liabilities15.20B
Total liabilities47.08B
Shareholder's equity39.74B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)10.35B
Capital expenditures (TTM)5.26B
Free cash flow (TTM)5.09B
Dividends paid (TTM)2.81B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity17.47%
Return on Assets8.00%
Return on Invested Capital15.07%
Cash Return on Invested Capital11.05%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open479.13
Daily high483.77
Daily low478.01
Daily Volume2.25M
All-time high486.45
1y analyst estimate510.39
Beta0.85
EPS (TTM)14.81
Dividend per share6.00
Ex-div date3 Dec 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
LINS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-0.87%-1.82%
Highest price drop-51.96%-56.47%
Date of highest drop20 Nov 20089 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-9.45%-10.84%
Avg time to new high16 days12 days
Max time to new high753 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
LIN (Linde plc Ordinary Shares) company logo
Marketcap
225.17B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in the United States, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, and internationally. It 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, acetylene, etc. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for the gas businesses in various locations consist of air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. It serves a range of industries comprising healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.
Employees
65489
Investor relations
SEC filings
CEO
Stephen Angel
Country
USA
City
Guildford
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Champion
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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