linde plc - LIN

LIN

Close Chg Chg %
455.07 0.68 0.15%

Open Market

455.75

+0.68 (0.15%)

Volume: 625.76K

Last Updated:

Nov 22, 2024, 1:20 PM EDT

Company Overview: linde plc - LIN

LIN Key Data

Open

$453.84

Day Range

453.56 - 457.20

52 Week Range

396.07 - 487.49

Market Cap

$216.69B

Shares Outstanding

476.16M

Public Float

467.82M

Beta

0.95

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

34.54

EPS

$13.27

Yield

119.65%

Dividend

$1.39

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 3, 2024

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.93M

 

LIN Performance

1 Week
 
1.33%
 
1 Month
 
-3.95%
 
3 Months
 
-2.29%
 
1 Year
 
9.86%
 
5 Years
 
122.08%
 

LIN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 30
Full Ratings ➔

About linde plc - LIN

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.

LIN At a Glance

Linde Plc
Forge
Woking, Surrey GU21 6HT
Phone 44-1483-242-200 Revenue 32.85B
Industry Chemicals: Specialty Net Income 6.20B
Sector Process Industries Employees 66,323
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2024
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LIN Valuation

P/E Current 34.538
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 32.616
Price to Sales Ratio 6.154
Price to Book Ratio 4.989
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 21.729
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 18.389
Enterprise Value to Sales 6.672
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.093

LIN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 495,363.599
Income Per Employee 93,466.821
Receivables Turnover 6.452
Total Asset Turnover 0.409

LIN Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.803
Quick Ratio 0.668
Cash Ratio 0.297

LIN Profitability

Gross Margin 35.143
Operating Margin 24.67
Pretax Margin 24.314
Net Margin 18.868
Return on Assets 7.726
Return on Equity 15.546
Return on Total Capital 10.326
Return on Invested Capital 11.618

LIN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 51.146
Total Debt to Total Capital 33.839
Total Debt to Total Assets 25.139
Long-Term Debt to Equity 35.529
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 23.506
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Annual Financials for Linde Plc - LIN

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All values USD millions. 2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
27.24B 30.79B 33.36B 32.85B
Sales Growth
-3.49% +13.03% +8.35% -1.53%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
20.01B 22.18B 23.65B 21.31B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
4.63B 4.63B 4.20B 3.82B
Depreciation
3.86B 3.91B 3.63B 3.27B
Amortization of Intangibles
765.00M 723.00M 571.00M 550.00M
COGS Growth
-6.14% +10.84% +6.66% -9.92%
Gross Income
7.23B 8.62B 9.71B 11.55B
Gross Income Growth
+4.70% +19.09% +12.71% +18.91%
Gross Profit Margin
+26.55% +27.98% +29.10% +35.14%
2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
3.35B 3.33B 3.25B 3.44B
Research & Development
152.00M 143.00M 143.00M 146.00M
Other SG&A
3.19B 3.19B 3.11B 3.29B
SGA Growth
-8.13% -0.39% -2.46% +5.88%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
607.00M 241.00M 1.02B (38.00M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
3.28B 5.04B 5.44B 8.14B
Non Operating Income/Expense
216.00M 216.00M 297.00M 333.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
55.00M 40.00M 117.00M 197.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
10.00M 13.00M 18.00M 2.00M
Interest Expense
114.00M 159.00M 192.00M 488.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-77.15% +39.47% +20.75% +154.17%
Gross Interest Expense
152.00M 216.00M 254.00M 555.00M
Interest Capitalized
38.00M 57.00M 62.00M 67.00M
Pretax Income
3.38B 5.10B 5.54B 7.99B
Pretax Income Growth
+15.61% +50.68% +8.71% +44.11%
Pretax Margin
+12.42% +16.56% +16.61% +24.31%
Income Tax
847.00M 1.26B 1.43B 1.81B
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
202.00M 374.00M 578.00M 407.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
1.01B 1.14B 1.24B 1.49B
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
27.00M 71.00M (5.00M) 62.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(395.00M) (325.00M) (378.00M) (146.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
10.00M 13.00M 18.00M 2.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
2.62B 3.96B 4.28B 6.34B
Minority Interest Expense
125.00M 135.00M 134.00M 142.00M
Net Income
2.50B 3.82B 4.15B 6.20B
Net Income Growth
+14.38% +53.02% +8.53% +49.48%
Net Margin Growth
+9.17% +12.41% +12.43% +18.87%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - 4.00M 5.00M
-
Discontinued Operations
- - 4.00M 5.00M
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
2.50B 3.83B 4.15B 6.20B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
2.50B 3.83B 4.15B 6.20B
EPS (Basic)
4.7481 7.4019 8.2984 12.6979
EPS (Basic) Growth
+12.44% +55.89% +12.11% +53.02%
Basic Shares Outstanding
526.74M 516.90M 499.74M 488.19M
EPS (Diluted)
4.7086 7.3313 8.2276 12.5922
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+12.34% +55.70% +12.23% +53.05%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
531.16M 521.88M 504.04M 492.29M
EBITDA
8.52B 9.92B 10.66B 11.92B
EBITDA Growth
+7.20% +16.48% +7.52% +11.79%
EBITDA Margin
+31.26% +32.21% +31.96% +36.28%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 501.27
Number of Ratings 30 Current Quarters Estimate 3.948
FY Report Date 12 / 2024 Current Year's Estimate 15.479
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.94 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 14.20 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 16.976
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 18 8 26 26
Mean Estimate 3.95 4.04 15.48 16.98
High Estimates 4.12 4.08 15.61 17.52
Low Estimate 3.91 3.97 15.34 16.40
Coefficient of Variance 1.40 0.88 0.33 1.40

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 17 17 17
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 3
HOLD 8 9 8
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 2
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Linde Plc - LIN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 3,485 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $454.6 per share 1,584,281.00
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 7,075 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.13 per share 1,224,894.75
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 3,821 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $270.99 per share 1,035,452.79
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 5,880 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $253.68 per share 1,491,638.40
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 620 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2024 Sean Durbin Executive VP, North America 12,320 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $456.48 per share 5,623,833.60
Aug 21, 2024 Sean Durbin Executive VP, North America N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 3,028 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $354.14 per share 1,072,335.92
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 3,551 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $453.7 per share 1,611,088.70
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 1,000 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 2,581 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $454.26 per share 1,172,445.06
Aug 21, 2024 Sean Durbin Executive VP, North America 20,321 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $154 per share 3,129,434.00
Aug 21, 2024 Sean Durbin Executive VP, North America 8,151 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $456.42 per share 3,720,279.42
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 2,825 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $454.05 per share 1,282,691.25
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA 4,573 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $455.08 per share 2,081,080.84
Aug 21, 2024 Oliver Pfann Senior Vice President, EMEA N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 16, 2024 Kelcey E. Hoyt Principal Accounting Officer 155 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 19, 2024 Stephen F. Angel Director 392,905 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 19, 2024 Stephen F. Angel Director 392,904 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $462.27 per share 181,627,732.08

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