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Linde produces industrial gases — a business of long contracts and near-guaranteed utilisation.
Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and argon are needed by metallurgy, chemicals, electronics, healthcare and food processing. The defining feature of the model: a plant is built on the customer's own site under a ten- to twenty-year take-or-pay contract — the customer pays whether or not it lifts the volume.
That gives unusual predictability for an industrial company: revenue barely tracks the current cycle, and higher energy costs are passed to the customer under the contract. Transporting gases is expensive, so markets are local and competition is limited to a few players.
The growth direction is hydrogen and decarbonisation projects: the company supplies technology for hydrogen production and carbon capture. That is both growth and risk — some projects depend on government subsidies and on whether a hydrogen economy materialises at the announced scale. Linde raises its dividend consistently.
Based on the last 12 months of reports, through 30 June 2026
The sector median covers every company in the sector on the US market, loss-making ones included.
Linde plc (LIN) is a company in the Materials sector; its shares trade on Nasdaq.
The price of Linde plc (LIN) on November 2, 2026 is 519.06 $, +0.94 % on the day. Over 52 weeks the stock traded between 387.78 $ and 548.20 $; the price now sits 82 % of the way up that range. Over the past year the price changed by +7.28 %. The P/E ratio is 32.72, which is above the sector median (20.68). Market capitalization is 237.01 billion $, rank 1 among 11 stocks of the same industry with a known capitalization.
Linde plc trades on Nasdaq under the ticker LIN. The company belongs to the Materials sector. The trading history on this page starts on 22 August 2016.
Over the past 52 weeks LIN has traded between 387.78 $ and 548.20 $. As of 2 November 2026 the price stood 65.40 % of the way from the 52-week low to the high.
Over one year LIN shares rose 7.28 %; over six months they fell 1.05 %. Volatility over 90 days is 19.87 %. Dividends are not included: this is price change only, as of 2 November 2026.
LIN trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.7, above the sector median of 20.7. Price to sales is 6.7, above the sector median of 1.5. Price to book is 6.1, above the sector median of 2.0. Calculated from reports for the period ending 30 June 2026.
Linde plc reported revenue of 35.4B $ and net income of 7.2B $ over the last four quarters. Net margin is 20.43 %. Revenue changed by +6.63 % year over year. Earnings per share are 15.50 $. Market capitalisation is 237.0B $.
LIN has a return on equity of 18.54 %, above the sector median of 1.17 %. Return on assets is 8.20 %, above the sector median of 0.23 %. Operating margin is 26.45 %, above the sector median of 6.35 %.
Linde plc pays dividends quarterly: 6.30 $ per share over the past twelve months, a yield of 1.23 %. The latest payment was 1.60 $, with an ex-dividend date of 3 September 2026. The company has raised its payout for 2 years in a row.