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Linde plc
NASDAQ · USD
Mega cap
In line with peers
1.34× peer median
27% less volatile
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$13.3B of current assets against $15.2B due within a year: a shortfall of $1.9B.
Liquidity · FY25
$21.9B of net debt against $10.3B of annual operating cash flow.
Liquidity · FY25
$30.8B in FY21 to $34.0B in FY25, with the latest year up 3.0%.
Growth · FY25
Free cash flow of $5.1B covers the business without outside capital, on $5.1B of cash and short-term investments.
Liquidity · FY25
$34.0B of revenue against $25.0B of operating costs, leaving $8.9B.
Profitability · FY25
17.2% in FY21 to 26.3% in FY25.
Profitability · FY25
$27.9B of free cash flow against $27.6B of net income across 5 fiscal years.
Quality · FY25
Revenue came in above consensus by 1.6% on average over the last four reports.
Quality · Jul '26
Archer Investment Corp purchased a new stake in Linde PLC (NASDAQ: LIN) in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,289 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $669,000. Several other institutional investors have also added to or
Generating nearly six figures a year from dividends sounds straightforward until the tax bill arrives, and most investors targeting the highest yields end up keeping far less than the investors who chose the lowest ones.
On August 24, 2026, we dive into the DCF analysis for Linde PLC (LIN), a company that has shown mixed price performance recently. Over the past year, LIN has se
Collecting over $141,000 a year in dividends without selling a single share sounds like a fantasy until you realize the yield you chase determines whether your income grows, stagnates, or quietly cannibalizes itself.
Generating nearly $10,000 a month in retirement income without ever touching principal sounds like a math problem with one answer, but the yield you chase determines whether your portfolio survives the next decade or quietly bleeds out.
On August 17, 2026, we delve into the DCF analysis for Linde PLC (LIN), a company currently trading at $482.74. The stock has experienced a mixed performance la
Average month-end to month-end move for LINin each calendar month. Point at a bar for that month's spread: past seasonality is a tendency in a small sample, not a forecast.
+$1.0B vs FY24
FY24 → FY25
FY21 → FY25, annualized
+6.6% vs the four before
Q2 FY26 · +9.3% YoY
Share of the latest fiscal year, largest first. The line is the segment across every fiscal year we have: hover it to read one. “Not broken out” is the remainder, pinned last whatever its size: the named segments reach 97% of reported revenue, and the rest was filed without a segment label at all.
What each segment added to or took off the top line in dollars: ranked by the size of the move, not its percentage.
+3.0% YoY
+6.7 pp YoY
+0.3 pp YoY
+5.1% YoY
+0.4 pp YoY
+7.0% YoY
+3.3% YoY
−$5.2B YoY
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| Short-term investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Receivables | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 10.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.7 |
| Capital expenditure | −5.3 | −4.5 | −3.8 | −3.2 | −3.1 |
| Free cash flow | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
P/E vs EPS growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
P/S vs revenue growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
| Ticker | P/E | Fwd P/E | PEG | P/S | Fwd P/S | PSG | EPS gr | Rev gr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIN | 31.0 | 27.0 | 1.97 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 1.07 | 14% | 6% |
| SCCO | 29.2 | 26.3 | 2.74 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 1.52 | 10% | 7% |
| SHW | 30.3 | 27.4 | 2.06 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 0.62 | 13% | 5% |
| ECL | 37.2 | 34.2 | 2.51 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 0.53 | 14% | 8% |
| APD | -1462.6 | 22.6 | - | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.90 | 0% | 6% |
| SQM | 16.6 | 11.3 | 0.22 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 0.12 | 52% | 22% |
Dots = reported EPS vs consensus · gap = surprise · dashed = estimate ($)
Solid = reported · dashed = forward consensus · shaded = analyst low–high ($B)
Rows: discount rate (r) · Columns: terminal growth (g∞) · cell = fair value, shaded by up/downside vs 482.
Last 12M · $51M bought · $21M sold · net +$30M
| Inventory |
|---|
| 2.1 |
| 1.9 |
| 2.1 |
| 2.0 |
| 1.7 |
| Total current assets | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 10.2 |
|---|
| Property, plant & equipment | 29.3 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 |
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| Long-term investments | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
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| Other non-current assets | 42.0 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 40.5 | 42.8 |
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| Total assets | 86.8 | 80.1 | 80.8 | 79.7 | 81.6 |
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| Accounts payable | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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| Short-term debt | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 2.9 |
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| Total current liabilities | 15.2 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 13.6 |
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| Long-term debt | 20.7 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
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| Total liabilities | 47.1 | 40.7 | 39.7 | 38.3 | 36.2 |
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| Shareholders’ equity | 38.2 | 38.1 | 39.7 | 40.0 | 44.0 |
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Fiscal year · latest five reported years
| 5.7 |
| 6.6 |
| Investing cash flow | −5.7 | −4.6 | −4.7 | −3.1 | −3.0 |
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| Dividends paid | −2.8 | −2.7 | −2.5 | −2.3 | −2.2 |
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| Share buybacks | −4.6 | −4.5 | −4.0 | −5.2 | −4.6 |
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| Net debt issued / (repaid) | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 4.5 | −0.5 |
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| Financing cash flow | −4.6 | −4.4 | −5.4 | −3.1 | −7.6 |
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| Net change in cash | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.8 | 2.6 | −0.9 |
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Fiscal year · outflows shown negative