Linde plc (LIN)
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide.
Scored against other Basic Materials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Linde reads as neutral right now, with no clear lean either way.
- What's working
- Its price has held up well, trading above its recent averages.
- Worth watching
- You're paying more for it than for most other materials companies, relative to what it earns.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 27 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Linde plc
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene…
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Employees
- 64,649
- Headquarters
- Woking, United Kingdom
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 32.2 — lower than 38% of Basic Materials peers
P/B 5.9 — lower than 20% of Basic Materials peers
P/S 6.5 — lower than 0% of Basic Materials peers
EV/EBITDA 18.4 — lower than 30% of Basic Materials peers
EV/Revenue 7.2 — lower than 0% of Basic Materials peers
PEG 1.9 — lower than 67% of Basic Materials peers
FCF yield 1.8% — higher than 40% of Basic Materials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 48.3% — higher than 80% of Basic Materials peers
Operating margin 28.1% — higher than 80% of Basic Materials peers
Net margin 20.4% — higher than 90% of Basic Materials peers
ROE 18.4% — higher than 60% of Basic Materials peers
ROA 7.2% — higher than 50% of Basic Materials peers
Free cash flow is 57% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.7 — lower than 50% of Basic Materials peers
Current ratio 0.88 — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
Quick ratio 0.68 — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
Cash/debt 0.17 — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.03 — lower than 50% of Basic Materials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 9.3% YoY — higher than 60% of Basic Materials peers
Earnings growth 11.3% YoY — higher than 38% of Basic Materials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 40.0% — typical for Basic Materials peers
Net insider selling, -0.1% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.4% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding
1.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
69% of the way from its 52-week low to high