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Linde plc (LIN)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Woking, United Kingdom | NasdaqGS
524.06 USD -5.73 (-1.082%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 529.11 +5.05 (0.964%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:58 a.m. EDT

Linde presents a compelling case for long-term capital appreciation, backed by a nine-year price history that demonstrates a 310% cumulative gain with no recent consecutive years of decline. The business generates strong returns on equity and maintains a healthy payout ratio, ensuring the income stream is secure even if the absolute yield is modest. While the statistical forecast suggests a modest upward drift in the coming weeks, options positioning indicates significant resistance near the current price, with heavy open interest clustering at the 530 and 560 levels. This suggests the stock may consolidate before attempting to break higher, making it a suitable core holding for patient investors rather than a high-beta momentum play.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_79_115 ✓0.013713
AutoETS0.014327
AutoTheta0.018609
MSTL_790.020815
MSTL0.023627
AutoARIMA0.024007
MSTL_1150.033897

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_79_115

Forecast Reliability
Score 55%
H-stat 2.99
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.356
Excess Kurtosis 0.46
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-03
Debt to Equity Ratio 65.642
Revenue per Share 74.18
Market Cap 242,297,716,736
Trailing P/E 34.71
Forward P/E 26.59
Beta 0.72
Profit Margins 20.44%
Website https://www.linde.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:58 a.m. EDT: Call open interest builds significantly at the 530 to 560 strike range, suggesting a ceiling for near-term upside. Conversely, put open interest clusters heavily between 430 and 500, indicating a defined support floor. Implied volatility remains moderate around 30%, reflecting a lack of extreme fear or greed despite the elevated price relative to the 200-day average.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.32% 1.33% 1.28% 1.35%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-04 1.6000 0.315302
2026-03-11 1.6000 0.332260
2025-12-03 1.5000 0.366614
2025-09-04 1.5000 0.317534
2025-06-04 1.5000 0.316609
2025-03-13 1.5000 0.330936
2024-12-03 1.3900 0.303414
2024-09-04 1.3900 0.294410
2024-06-04 1.3900 0.322401
2024-03-13 1.3900 0.292699
2023-12-01 1.2750 0.309692
2023-09-01 1.2750 0.327839
2023-06-01 1.2750 0.358660
2023-03-13 1.2750 0.380790
2022-12-01 1.1700 0.346913
2022-09-01 1.1700 0.419144
2022-06-02 1.1700 0.351162
2022-03-10 1.1700 0.412728
2021-12-02 1.0600 0.327160
2021-09-02 1.0600 0.335900
2021-06-02 1.0600 0.353475
2021-03-04 1.0600 0.431913
2020-12-02 0.9630 0.383665
2020-09-02 0.9630 0.370057
2020-06-02 0.9630 0.466886
2020-03-05 0.9630 0.490051
2019-12-02 0.8750 0.436126
2019-08-30 0.8750 0.463184
2019-05-31 0.8750 0.484630
2019-03-07 0.8750 0.522482
2018-12-17 0.8250 0.524376
2018-08-03 0.8250 0.502405
2018-06-06 0.8250 0.508412
2018-03-06 0.8250 0.536935
2017-12-06 0.7880 0.523971
2017-09-07 0.7880 0.595886
2017-06-05 0.7880 0.590616
2017-03-03 0.7880 0.670068
2016-12-05 0.7500 0.626252
2016-09-06 0.7500 0.613949
2016-06-03 0.7500 0.680334
2016-03-03 0.7500 0.708617
2015-12-03 0.7150 0.655602
2015-09-03 0.7150 0.694107
2015-06-03 0.7150 0.582153
2015-03-04 0.7150 0.559818
2014-12-03 0.6500 0.501157
2014-09-04 0.6500 0.492872
2014-06-04 0.6500 0.489716
2014-03-05 0.6500 0.501737
2013-12-04 0.6000 0.485358
2013-09-04 0.6000 0.509381
2013-06-05 0.6000 0.521739
2013-03-05 0.6000 0.529054
2012-12-05 0.5500 0.519211
2012-09-05 0.5500 0.526669
2012-06-05 0.5500 0.538740
2012-03-05 0.5500 0.507286
2011-12-05 0.5000 0.491111
2011-09-02 0.5000 0.517598
2011-06-03 0.5000 0.495737
2011-03-03 0.5000 0.507614
2010-12-03 0.4500 0.477707
2010-09-02 0.4500 0.522345
2010-06-03 0.4500 0.588620
2010-03-03 0.4500 0.587467
2009-12-03 0.4000 0.485084
2009-09-02 0.4000 0.533333
2009-06-03 0.4000 0.536265
2009-03-04 0.4000 0.704349
2008-12-03 0.3750 0.691882
2008-09-03 0.3750 0.427545
2008-06-04 0.3750 0.389651
2008-03-05 0.3750 0.455983
2007-12-05 0.3000 0.347705
2007-09-05 0.3000 0.401875
2007-06-05 0.3000 0.430540
2007-03-05 0.3000 0.500000
2006-12-05 0.2500 0.400513
2006-09-05 0.2500 0.434480
2006-06-05 0.2500 0.462792
2006-03-03 0.2500 0.455955
2005-12-05 0.1800 0.340265
2005-09-02 0.1800 0.375783
2005-06-03 0.1800 0.382653
2005-03-03 0.1800 0.392157
2004-12-03 0.1500 0.326300
2004-09-02 0.1500 0.356973
2004-06-03 0.1500 0.407498
2004-03-03 0.1500 0.411523
2003-12-03 0.1350 0.365755
2003-09-03 0.1075 0.332457
2003-06-04 0.1075 0.352980
2003-03-05 0.1075 0.412985
2002-12-04 0.0950 0.333743
2002-09-04 0.0950 0.343270
2002-06-05 0.0950 0.347922
2002-03-05 0.0950 0.327586
2001-12-05 0.0850 0.313133
2001-09-05 0.0850 0.349938
2001-06-05 0.0850 0.334185
2001-03-05 0.0850 0.375193
2000-12-05 0.0775 0.405892
2000-09-06 0.0775 0.344444
2000-06-05 0.0775 0.380952
2000-03-03 0.0775 0.454212
1999-12-03 0.0700 0.305177
1999-09-02 0.0700 0.295515
1999-06-03 0.0700 0.263220
1999-03-03 0.0700 0.407273
1998-12-03 0.0625 0.355240
1998-09-03 0.0625 0.354610
1998-06-03 0.0625 0.253165
1998-03-04 0.0625 0.261438
1997-12-03 0.0550 0.241758
1997-09-04 0.0550 0.211793
1997-06-04 0.0550 0.209524
1997-03-05 0.0550 0.223350
1996-12-04 0.0475 0.201592
1996-09-05 0.0475 0.229607
1996-06-05 0.0475 0.236025
1996-03-05 0.0475 0.258503
1995-12-05 0.0400 0.275862
1995-09-06 0.0400 0.301887
1995-06-01 0.0400 0.328205
1995-03-01 0.0400 0.344086
1994-12-01 0.0350 0.352201
1994-09-01 0.0350 0.309392
1994-06-01 0.0350 0.339394
1994-03-01 0.0350 0.383562
1993-12-06 0.0310 0.367407
1993-09-02 0.0310 0.400000
1993-06-01 0.0310 0.393651
1993-03-01 0.0310 0.370149
1992-12-01 0.0310 0.378626
1992-09-01 0.0310 0.387500
Additional Data
dividendRate 6.4
dividendYield 1.21
exDividendDate 2026-06-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 6.1
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.011513997
lastDividendValue 1.6
lastDividendDate 2026-06-04
dividendDate 2026-06-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.13014638
Address1 Forge, 43 Church Street West
All Time High 548.2
All Time Low 6.8125
Ask 525.53
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,331,960
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,257,980
Average Volume 2,257,980
Average Volume10Days 2,331,960
Beta 0.723
Bid 529.54
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 8
Book Value 83.368
City Woking
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United Kingdom
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 524.06
Current Ratio 0.828
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 532.45
Day Low 521.48
Debt To Equity 65.642
Display Name Linde
Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Dividend Rate 6.4
Dividend Yield 1.21
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,528,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,528,000
Earnings Growth 0.134
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.11
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,501,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,501,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,501,000
Ebitda 13,589,999,616
Ebitda Margins 0.39215
Enterprise To Ebitda 19.596
Enterprise To Revenue 7.685
Enterprise Value 266,313,908,224
Eps Current Year 17.95
Eps Forward 19.71
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 15.1
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,531,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 512.4414
Fifty Day Average Change 11.618591
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.022673015
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 13.014639
Fifty Two Week High 548.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -24.140015
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04403505
Fifty Two Week Low 387.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 136.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35143638
Fifty Two Week Range 387.78 - 548.2
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 708,787,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.3
Float Shares 461,031,327
Forward Eps 19.71
Forward P E 26.588535
Free Cashflow 4,694,499,840
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 65,034
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.48766
Gross Profits 16,899,999,744
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00247
Held Percent Institutions 0.89319
Implied Shares Outstanding 462,347,310
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Ipo Expected Date 2,023-11-07
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,531,200
Last Dividend Value 1.6
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,071,532,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company 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, and acetylene. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. The company serves the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. It operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, and India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.
Long Name Linde plc
Market us_market
Market Cap 242,297,716,736
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_318049
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 7,081,999,872
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 244,946,981,364
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 530.99
Operating Cashflow 10,428,999,680
Operating Margins 0.28471002
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.4045
Peg Ratio 2.23
Phone 44 14 8324 2200
Post Market Change 5.049988
Post Market Change Percent 0.9636278
Post Market Price 529.11
Post Market Time 1,783,987,180
Previous Close 529.79
Price Eps Current Year 29.195541
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.286105
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.9917107
Profit Margins 0.20436001
Quick Ratio 0.624
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change -5.72998
Regular Market Change Percent -1.08156
Regular Market Day High 532.45
Regular Market Day Low 521.48
Regular Market Day Range 521.48 - 532.45
Regular Market Open 530.99
Regular Market Previous Close 529.79
Regular Market Price 524.06
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 1,627,242
Return On Assets 0.07237
Return On Equity 0.18229
Revenue Growth 0.082
Revenue Per Share 74.18
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 462,347,310
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.014199999
Shares Short 6,565,651
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 6,446,659
Short Name Linde plc
Short Percent Of Float 0.014199999
Short Ratio 2.49
Source Interval 15
Symbol LIN
Target High Price 622.0
Target Low Price 400.0
Target Mean Price 547.32
Target Median Price 550.0
Total Cash 3,959,000,064
Total Cash Per Share 8.558
Total Debt 26,317,000,704
Total Revenue 34,654,998,528
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 6.1
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.011513997
Trailing Eps 15.1
Trailing P E 34.70596
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2422
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 470.97446
Two Hundred Day Average Change 53.08554
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.11271427
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,627,242
Website https://www.linde.com
Zip GU21 6HT