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Also trades as: LIN.DE (XETRA) · $vol 6M · LIN.SW (SIX)

LIN NASDAQ

Linde plc
1W: +0.8% 1M: +8.0% 3M: -0.7% YTD: +18.3% 1Y: +13.2% 3Y: +41.1% 5Y: +74.6%
$508.65
+1.09 (+0.21%)
After Hours: $503.20 (-5.45, -1.07%)
Weekly Expected Move ±2.0%
$488 $499 $509 $519 $529
NASDAQ · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 78 · $234.0B mcap · 459M float · 0.463% daily turnover · Short 53% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 92% of companies Debt: 10.7% of company value Bonds: $100.9M held by 56 funds, 65 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
If the stock fell to about $3.53 (down 99.3%), Linde plc would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $28.01B against a stock market value of $233.98B.
Distance to default 15.12 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $17.67B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 19.0%; Altman Z'' 2.13. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
#1 of 130
Chemicals - Specialty
Basic Materials · Mega Cap · 3 peers
Market Share
28.6%
Top 4 Concentration: 55.8%

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
LIN Linde plc $235B 32.6 18.8 11.6 20.8 6.6 6 BULLISH 13.2
ECL Ecolab Inc. $81B 39.5 21.8 12.7 12.1 7.1 5 BULLISH 5.4
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company $82B 30.0 65.1 17.3 12.4 5.8 6 BULLISH 1.3
AIQUY L'Air Liquide S.A. $124B 29.9 14.0 10.3 13.2 -0.7 4 BULLISH 9.4

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

LIN vs Benchmarks

ROIC
LIN
11.6
Industry
6.1
Gross Margin
LIN
37.3
Industry
28.3
Op Margin
LIN
27.3
Industry
7.9
Net Margin
LIN
20.8
Industry
3.2
Sector
22.4
Revenue Growth
LIN
6.6
Sector
1.4
P/E Ratio
LIN
32.6
Sector
29.8
ROE
LIN
18.8
Sector
18.2
Piotroski F
LIN
6.0
Sector
7.0

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