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Today, 4:03 PMAnalyst optimism on growth outlook and Q2 earnings schedule drive LIN to record highs

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Index	NDX, S&P 500
Market Cap	246.82B
Enterprise Value	270.70B
Income	7.08B
Sales	34.66B
Book/sh	83.37
Cash/sh	8.56
Dividend Est.	6.46 (1.21%)
Dividend TTM	6.20 (1.16%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jun 04, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	8.63% 9.28%
Payout	41.07%
Employees	65177
IPO	Oct 31, 2018

P/E	35.41
Forward P/E	27.23
PEG	2.89
P/S	7.12
P/B	6.40
P/C	62.34
P/FCF	48.43
EV/EBITDA	20.49
EV/Sales	7.81
Quick Ratio	0.69
Current Ratio	0.83
Debt/Eq	0.68
LT Debt/Eq	0.51
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	15.07
EPS next Y	19.60
EPS next Q	4.48
EPS this Y	8.78%
EPS next Y	9.48%
EPS next 5Y	9.43%
EPS past 3/5Y	21.09% 25.41%
Sales past 3/5Y	0.62% 4.52%
EPS Y/Y TTM	9.22%
Sales Y/Y TTM	4.96%
EPS Q/Q	13.36%
Sales Q/Q	8.25%
Earnings	May 01 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	1.40% 2.13%

Insider Own	0.53%
Insider Trans	-1.07%
Inst Own	86.65%
Inst Trans	0.35%
ROA	8.38%
ROE	18.49%
ROIC	12.12%
Gross Margin	37.79%
Oper. Margin	27.15%
Profit Margin	20.44%
SMA20	3.54%
SMA50	4.85%
SMA200	13.71%
Trades

Shs Outstand	462.60M
Shs Float	460.16M
Short Float	1.65%
Short Ratio	3.40
Short Interest	7.60M
52W High	527.94 1.06%
52W Low	387.78 37.59%
Volatility	2.60% 2.18%
ATR (14)	11.48
RSI (14)	62.94
Beta	0.72
Rel Volume	1.32
Avg Volume	2.24M
Volume	2,957,735

Perf Week	3.46%
Perf Month	7.27%
Perf Quarter	7.62%
Perf Half Y	25.09%
Perf YTD	25.13%
Perf Year	11.91%
Perf 3Y	40.01%
Perf 5Y	83.45%
Perf 10Y	-
Recom	1.65
Target Price	543.88
Prev Close	518.94
Price	533.55
Change	2.82%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Mar-13-26	Upgrade	JP Morgan	Neutral → Overweight	$525
Feb-10-26	Downgrade	DZ Bank	Buy → Hold	$460
Feb-06-26	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral	$455
Nov-11-25	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$500
Nov-03-25	Upgrade	Seaport Research Partners	Neutral → Buy	$500
Jun-30-25	Upgrade	Citigroup	Neutral → Buy	$535
Jun-13-25	Initiated	RBC Capital Mkts	Outperform	$576
Jan-13-25	Upgrade	TD Cowen	Hold → Buy
Apr-18-24	Upgrade	Mizuho	Neutral → Buy	$510
Apr-10-24	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral	$475 → $500
Mar-27-24	Downgrade	UBS	Buy → Neutral	$482 → $510
Mar-01-24	Initiated	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform
Feb-16-24	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Market Perform	$395 → $455
Jan-22-24	Downgrade	Stifel	Buy → Hold	$429
Jan-08-24	Downgrade	Seaport Research Partners	Buy → Neutral
Jun-14-23	Initiated	Citigroup	Buy	$430
Oct-13-22	Upgrade	Seaport Research Partners	Neutral → Buy	$330
Oct-13-22	Initiated	Goldman	Buy	$338
Aug-10-22	Upgrade	Stifel	Hold → Buy
May-31-22	Upgrade	Evercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$355

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Linde Plc is a global industrial gases and engineering company. It designs and builds equipment that produces industrial gases. The company also offers gas production and processing services such as olefin plants, natural gas plants, air separation plants, hydrogen and synthesis gas plants and other types of plants. Its primary products are atmospheric gases and process gases. The company operates through the following reportable segments: Americas, EMEA APAC and Engineering. The Americas segment operates production facilities primarily in the United Sates, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The EMEA segment has production facilities primarily in Germany, France, Sweden, the Republic of South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The APAC segment has production facilities located primarily in China, Australia, India, South Korea and Thailand. The Engineering segment designs and constructs turnkey process plants for third-party customers as well as for the gases businesses in many locations worldwide. Linde was founded by Carl Paul Gottfried von Lind in 1879 and is headquartered in Woking, the United Kingdom.

CEO & Chairman of the BoardMr. Sanjiv Lamba

Executive VP & CFOMr. Matthew J. White C.F.A.

COO & EVPMr. Sean F. Durbin

Executive VP & Chief Legal OfficerMr. Guillermo Bichara

Senior VP of AmericasMr. Benjamin W. Glazer

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Innocenzi Stefanos	SVP, Linde Engineering	Jun 08 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	4,035	0	4,035	Jun 10 01:08 PM
WOOD ROBERT L	Director	May 15 '26	Sale	506.39	4,335	2,195,201	9,248	May 18 03:51 PM
WOOD ROBERT L	Director	May 14 '26	Sale	508.76	880	447,709	13,583	May 18 03:51 PM
ROBERT L. WOOD TRUST	Director	May 15 '26	Proposed Sale	506.39	4,335	2,195,184		May 15 04:11 PM
WOOD ROBERT L	Director	May 14 '26	Proposed Sale	508.76	880	447,704		May 14 03:27 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Former Director	Apr 13 '26	Proposed Sale	505.96	35,010	17,713,643		Apr 13 01:58 PM
Durbin Sean	EVP, Chief Operating Officer	Mar 10 '26	Option Exercise	173.13	7,045	1,219,701	15,196	Mar 12 02:41 PM
Durbin Sean	EVP, Chief Operating Officer	Mar 10 '26	Sale	477.27	6,520	3,111,829	8,151	Mar 12 02:41 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer	Mar 10 '26	Sale	480.79	4,357	2,094,802	22,138	Mar 12 02:40 PM
White Matthew J	Chief Financial Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	13,876	0	84,425	Mar 11 05:41 PM
Pfann Oliver	Senior Vice President, EMEA	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,102	0	3,801	Mar 11 05:32 PM
Patwari Binod	Senior Vice President - APAC	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	938	0	5,113	Mar 11 05:15 PM
Lamba Sanjiv	Chairman & CEO	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	33,922	0	112,247	Mar 11 05:01 PM
Hoyt Kelcey E	Principal Accounting Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,547	0	22,191	Mar 11 04:34 PM
Glazer Benjamin	SVP, Americas	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	4,632	0	15,336	Mar 11 04:15 PM
Durbin Sean	EVP, Chief Operating Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	7,716	0	13,010	Mar 11 04:00 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	8,122	0	27,274	Mar 11 03:39 PM
Bacher Desiree	SVP, Chief HR Officer	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,247	0	1,076	Mar 11 03:24 PM
Weisser Alberto	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	470	0	2,121	Mar 10 06:03 PM
Ossadnik Victoria	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	470	0	3,805	Mar 10 05:55 PM
Kaeser Josef	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	470	0	3,075	Mar 10 05:35 PM
Enders Thomas	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	470	0	11,065	Mar 10 05:25 PM
Achleitner Ann-Kristin	Director	Mar 09 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	470	0	4,943	Mar 10 05:23 PM
Durbin Sean	Officer	Mar 10 '26	Proposed Sale	477.28	6,520	3,111,834		Mar 10 12:25 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Officer	Mar 10 '26	Proposed Sale	480.79	4,357	2,094,802		Mar 10 10:14 AM
Patwari Binod	Senior Vice President - APAC	Feb 24 '26	Option Exercise	173.13	1,525	264,023	5,864	Feb 26 03:39 PM
Patwari Binod	Senior Vice President - APAC	Feb 24 '26	Sale	502.76	999	502,262	4,339	Feb 26 03:39 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Former Director	Feb 24 '26	Proposed Sale	503.83	37,263	18,774,264		Feb 24 04:48 PM
Patwari Binod	Officer	Feb 24 '26	Proposed Sale	502.77	999	502,262		Feb 24 01:59 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer	Feb 17 '26	Option Exercise	176.63	26,980	4,765,477	49,118	Feb 18 05:38 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer	Feb 17 '26	Sale	480.45	9,455	4,542,655	22,138	Feb 18 05:38 PM
Bichara Guillermo	Officer	Feb 17 '26	Proposed Sale	480.45	9,455	4,542,655		Feb 17 01:18 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Former Director	Feb 13 '26	Proposed Sale	477.73	75,607	36,119,599		Feb 13 12:48 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Director	Jan 20 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	7,249	0	462,791	Jan 21 03:37 PM
Lamba Sanjiv	Chief Executive Officer	Dec 08 '25	Buy	396.68	2,520	999,634	90,794	Dec 08 03:26 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Director	Aug 07 '25	Option Exercise	118.71	125,000	14,838,750	605,543	Aug 08 05:33 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Director	Aug 07 '25	Sale	473.38	50,309	23,815,274	480,543	Aug 08 05:33 PM
ANGEL STEPHEN F	Director	Aug 07 '25	Proposed Sale	473.38	50,309	23,815,303		Aug 07 12:44 PM

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