Linde plc Ordinary Shares LIN
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Linde plc Ordinary Shares is a mega-cap company in the Basic Materials sector (Specialty Chemicals), with a market value of $221.0B, based in the USA.
It employs about 64,649 people and has been listed since Jan 11, 2002.
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.
Cheap or expensive? no comparison basis
Price-to-earnings (p/e): 31.0. We have no good comparison group for this stock, so the number stands alone.
Revenue is growing 9% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 23.6 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 542.60, 13% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 59% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 21 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (2% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (22 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.3% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 2.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLB -1.9%).
This week's news
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A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.