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Linde Plc.

NASDAQ: LIN Specialty Chemicals
$489.95
▲ $7.57 (+1.57%) today
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Price Prediction $541.92 +10.5% Our analysts’ 12-month view: target, optimistic case, and floor. LIN price prediction → Earnings Beat +0.2% EPS vs. the estimate, revenue, and how the market reacted. LIN earnings history →

LIN at a Glance

Valuation
Market cap
$222.4B
P/E ratio
31.1
Dividend yield
1.29%
Profitability
Revenue (TTM)
$35.4B
Profit margin
20.4%
EPS (TTM)
$15.49
Price
52-week range
$384 – $546
24/7 target
$541.92
Street target
$542.60
Earnings
Next report
Oct 30, 2026
Q2 2026 EPS
$4.50
vs. $4.49 est.
+0.2%

Headquartered in 43 Church Street West, Woking Fiscal year ends December NASDAQ: LIN linde.com

About Linde

Linde is a global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 annual sales of $34 billion. The company produces and distributes atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon), process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen), and specialty gases used across a wide range of end markets including chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's gases and technologies enable applications spanning semiconductor manufacturing with ultra-high-purity gases, medical oxygen delivery, clean hydrogen production, carbon capture, and space exploration launch technologies. The company also operates a significant engineering segment that designs and builds gas processing plants for third-party customers. Linde trades on Nasdaq under the ticker LIN. Updated

Latest Activity

House trade disclosureThomas H. Kean, Jr.
  • GOOGLAlphabet Inc. - Class A Common Stock (GOOGL)Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 27
  • AMCRState Street Bank & Trust Co. Amcor plc Ordinary Shares (AMCR)Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 10
  • JNJKean Family Partnership Johnson & Johnson Common Stock (JNJ)Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 27
  • LINState Street Bank & Trust Co. Linde plc - Ordinary Shares (LIN)Buy$1K – $15KAug 10
  • MTZKean Family Partnership MasTec, Inc. Common Stock (MTZ)Buy$1K – $15KAug 21
  • MSFTKean Family Partnership Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock (MSFT)Partial sell$15K – $50KAug 27
Made public 33 days after the earliest trade

Kean trimmed megacap tech on the same August day, with the Microsoft sale the largest line in the filing, and rotated the proceeds toward industrial gas and infrastructure names. Disclosed 33 days after the trades, so the rotation out of Big Tech and into picks-and-shovels was already done before anyone could see it.

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Biggest dividend payouts · Sep 3
QCOMQualcomm
$983M$0.92 per share
  • 2LINLinde$1.60/sh$738M
  • 3NTESNetEase$0.48/sh$307M
  • 4PFGPrincipal Financial Group$0.84/sh$180M
  • 5RGPResources Connection$0.07/sh$2.4M

Qualcomm is sending shareholders about $983 million, or 92 cents a share, with the money landing September 24. Linde follows with roughly $738 million at $1.60 a share, paid September 17.

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LIN Coverage

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Linde do?

Linde is a global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 annual sales of $34 billion.

What is the LIN stock price target?

24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for LIN is $541.92, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $542.60. LIN price prediction →