Linde (LIN) reported $8.11 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.2%. EPS of $3.95 for the same period compares to $3.75 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.77% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.26 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.93, the EPS surprise was +0.51%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Linde performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Americas: $3.67 billion compared to the $3.73 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3% year over year.
- Sales- EMEA: $2.03 billion versus $2.14 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.9% change.
- Sales- Other: $311 million compared to the $319.40 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.5% year over year.
- Sales- Engineering: $565 million versus $571.95 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.8% change.
- Sales- APAC: $1.54 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.57 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.3%.
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Shares of Linde have returned -3.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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