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Linde plc (LIN)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Woking, United Kingdom | NasdaqGS
492.23 USD -6.99 (-1.400%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 492.55 +0.32 (0.065%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:29 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:59 p.m. EDT

Linde plc (LIN) is showing a mixed outlook. Short-term momentum is moderate, with recent price movements indicating a possible consolidation phase. Long-term fundamentals remain strong, with consistent dividend payments and a solid financial position, making it a good candidate for long-term investment. However, the recent earnings growth has been negative, which could impact long-term growth potential. Overall, LIN is a balanced option for investors seeking both income and growth.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.055327
MSTL0.072215
AutoETS0.074307
AutoARIMA0.078615

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 61%
H-stat 1.88
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.450
Excess Kurtosis -0.42
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 70.63
Revenue per Share 72.389
Market Cap 228,096,507,904
Trailing P/E 33.67
Forward P/E 25.26
Beta 0.79
Profit Margins 20.30%
Website https://www.linde.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:59 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows a mix of bullish and bearish signals. Calls have seen increased volume and open interest around the 505 strike, indicating potential for upward movement. Puts show significant open interest at lower strikes, suggesting some bearish sentiment. The overall options activity reflects a balanced market with both long and short positions, indicating uncertainty. However, the presence of significant open interest at key strikes suggests that traders are preparing for potential price movements in either direction.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.33% 1.34% 1.31% 1.41%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-11 1.6000 0.332260
2025-12-03 1.5000 0.367845
2025-09-04 1.5000 0.319774
2025-06-04 1.5000 0.319860
2025-03-13 1.5000 0.335400
2024-12-03 1.3900 0.308532
2024-09-04 1.3900 0.300285
2024-06-04 1.3900 0.329801
2024-03-13 1.3900 0.300379
2023-12-01 1.2750 0.318757
2023-09-01 1.2750 0.338479
2023-06-01 1.2750 0.371523
2023-03-13 1.2750 0.395875
2022-12-01 1.1700 0.362007
2022-09-01 1.1700 0.438907
2022-06-02 1.1700 0.369246
2022-03-10 1.1700 0.435577
2021-12-02 1.0600 0.346658
2021-09-02 1.0600 0.357108
2021-06-02 1.0600 0.377066
2021-03-04 1.0600 0.462360
2020-12-02 0.9630 0.412478
2020-09-02 0.9630 0.399333
2020-06-02 0.9630 0.505718
2020-03-05 0.9630 0.533312
2019-12-02 0.8750 0.476861
2019-08-30 0.8750 0.508604
2019-05-31 0.8750 0.534646
2019-03-07 0.8750 0.579167
2018-12-17 0.8250 0.584289
2018-08-03 0.8250 0.562768
2018-06-06 0.8250 0.572377
2018-03-06 0.8250 0.607630
2017-12-06 0.7880 0.596180
2017-09-07 0.7880 0.681514
2017-06-05 0.7880 0.679551
2017-03-03 0.7880 0.775439
2016-12-05 0.7500 0.729573
2016-09-06 0.7500 0.719754
2016-06-03 0.7500 0.802455
2016-03-03 0.7500 0.841524
2015-12-03 0.7150 0.784214
2015-09-03 0.7150 0.835687
2015-06-03 0.7150 0.705798
2015-03-04 0.7150 0.682703
2014-12-03 0.6500 0.614570
2014-09-04 0.6500 0.607485
2014-06-04 0.6500 0.606576
2014-03-05 0.6500 0.624502
2013-12-04 0.6000 0.607129
2013-09-04 0.6000 0.640271
2013-06-05 0.6000 0.659171
2013-03-05 0.6000 0.671868
2012-12-05 0.5500 0.662891
2012-09-05 0.5500 0.675929
2012-06-05 0.5500 0.695090
2012-03-05 0.5500 0.657988
2011-12-05 0.5000 0.640217
2011-09-02 0.5000 0.678121
2011-06-03 0.5000 0.652804
2011-03-03 0.5000 0.671701
2010-12-03 0.4500 0.635368
2010-09-02 0.4500 0.698065
2010-06-03 0.4500 0.790721
2010-03-03 0.4500 0.793749
2009-12-03 0.4000 0.659269
2009-09-02 0.4000 0.728367
2009-06-03 0.4000 0.736273
2009-03-04 0.4000 0.972111
2008-12-03 0.3750 0.961867
2008-09-03 0.3750 0.598448
2008-06-04 0.3750 0.547717
2008-03-05 0.3750 0.643486
2007-12-05 0.3000 0.493000
2007-09-05 0.3000 0.571821
2007-06-05 0.3000 0.615047
2007-03-05 0.3000 0.717378
2006-12-05 0.2500 0.577499
2006-09-05 0.2500 0.628977
2006-06-05 0.2500 0.672867
2006-03-03 0.2500 0.665934
2005-12-05 0.1800 0.499248
2005-09-02 0.1800 0.553235
2005-06-03 0.1800 0.565474
2005-03-03 0.1800 0.581705
2004-12-03 0.1500 0.485927
2004-09-02 0.1500 0.533354
2004-06-03 0.1500 0.611087
2004-03-03 0.1500 0.619606
2003-12-03 0.1350 0.552977
2003-09-03 0.1075 0.504488
2003-06-04 0.1075 0.537425
2003-03-05 0.1075 0.631022
2002-12-04 0.0950 0.512069
2002-09-04 0.0950 0.528409
2002-06-05 0.0950 0.537465
2002-03-05 0.0950 0.507852
2001-12-05 0.0850 0.486972
2001-09-05 0.0850 0.545981
2001-06-05 0.0850 0.523237
2001-03-05 0.0850 0.589426
2000-12-05 0.0775 0.640124
2000-09-06 0.0775 0.545423
2000-06-05 0.0775 0.605359
2000-03-03 0.0775 0.724521
1999-12-03 0.0700 0.489112
1999-09-02 0.0700 0.475091
1999-06-03 0.0700 0.424419
1999-03-03 0.0700 0.658500
1998-12-03 0.0625 0.576746
1998-09-03 0.0625 0.577725
1998-06-03 0.0625 0.413910
1998-03-04 0.0625 0.428503
1997-12-03 0.0550 0.397281
1997-09-04 0.0550 0.348886
1997-06-04 0.0550 0.345883
1997-03-05 0.0550 0.369468
1996-12-04 0.0475 0.334232
1996-09-05 0.0475 0.381442
1996-06-05 0.0475 0.392995
1996-03-05 0.0475 0.431455
1995-12-05 0.0400 0.461617
1995-09-06 0.0400 0.506562
1995-06-01 0.0400 0.552384
1995-03-01 0.0400 0.580981
1994-12-01 0.0350 0.596794
1994-09-01 0.0350 0.526074
1994-06-01 0.0350 0.578868
1994-03-01 0.0350 0.656456
1993-12-06 0.0310 0.631164
1993-09-02 0.0310 0.689708
1993-06-01 0.0310 0.681554
1993-03-01 0.0310 0.643417
1992-12-01 0.0310 0.660543
1992-09-01 0.0310 0.678574
Additional Data
dividendRate 6.4
dividendYield 1.3
exDividendDate 2026-03-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 6.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0120187495
lastDividendValue 1.6
lastDividendDate 2026-03-11
dividendDate 2026-03-26

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.1247493
Address1 Forge, 43 Church Street West
All Time High 510.65
All Time Low 6.8125
Ask 492.89
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,832,410
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,638,159
Average Volume 2,638,159
Average Volume10Days 1,832,410
Beta 0.79
Bid 492.04
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 8
Book Value 82.481
City Woking
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United Kingdom
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 492.23
Current Ratio 0.877
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 497.93
Day Low 488.0
Debt To Equity 70.63
Display Name Linde
Dividend Date 1,774,483,200
Dividend Rate 6.4
Dividend Yield 1.3
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,640,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,640,400
Earnings Growth -0.094
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.113
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,638,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,638,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,638,600
Ebitda 13,342,999,552
Ebitda Margins 0.39259997
Enterprise To Ebitda 18.932
Enterprise To Revenue 7.433
Enterprise Value 252,605,497,344
Eps Current Year 17.82744
Eps Forward 19.48803
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 14.62
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,187,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 489.9208
Fifty Day Average Change 2.309204
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.004713423
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 12.47493
Fifty Two Week High 510.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -18.419983
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.03607164
Fifty Two Week Low 387.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 104.45001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.26935378
Fifty Two Week Range 387.78 - 510.65
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 708,787,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.31
Float Shares 461,730,571
Forward Eps 19.48803
Forward P E 25.25807
Free Cashflow 4,786,500,096
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 65,177
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.48835
Gross Profits 16,597,000,192
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0025600002
Held Percent Institutions 0.87564003
Implied Shares Outstanding 463,394,156
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 1,773,187,200
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. 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, and acetylene. The company also engages in designing and constructing of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for the gas businesses in various locations comprising air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. It serves healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. The company operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the Unted 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 228,096,507,904
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_318049
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 6,897,999,872
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 231,335,630,558
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 496.87
Operating Cashflow 10,350,000,128
Operating Margins 0.28172
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.4107
Peg Ratio 2.31
Phone 44 14 8324 2200
Post Market Change 0.3199768
Post Market Change Percent 0.06500555
Post Market Price 492.55
Post Market Time 1,776,468,557
Previous Close 499.22
Price Eps Current Year 27.610807
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.9677987
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.7114844
Profit Margins 0.20297001
Quick Ratio 0.692
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.7037
Region US
Regular Market Change -6.98999
Regular Market Change Percent -1.40018
Regular Market Day High 497.93
Regular Market Day Low 488.0
Regular Market Day Range 488.0 - 497.93
Regular Market Open 496.87
Regular Market Previous Close 499.22
Regular Market Price 492.23
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 3,005,805
Return On Assets 0.07172
Return On Equity 0.17817
Revenue Growth 0.058
Revenue Per Share 72.389
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 463,394,156
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0153
Shares Short 7,078,428
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,717,346
Short Name Linde plc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0153
Short Ratio 2.61
Source Interval 15
Symbol LIN
Target High Price 580.0
Target Low Price 381.0
Target Mean Price 521.3292
Target Median Price 530.0
Total Cash 5,056,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 10.911
Total Debt 28,068,999,168
Total Revenue 33,986,000,896
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 6.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0120187495
Trailing Eps 14.62
Trailing P E 33.668262
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.345
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 459.99356
Two Hundred Day Average Change 32.23645
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.07008022
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,005,805
Website https://www.linde.com
Zip GU21 6HT