Linde plc (LIN)
Materials · NASDAQ · US
Price as at 1 Sept 2026, 17:17 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Linde plc trades at $483.19, close to the $431.86 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 74 out of 100, which is a wide moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 35.1 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
LIN dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $4.80 | 3 |
| 2025 | $6.00 | 4 |
| 2024 | $5.56 | 4 |
| 2023 | $5.10 | 4 |
| 2022 | $4.68 | 4 |
| 2021 | $4.24 | 4 |
| 2020 | $3.85 | 4 |
| 2019 | $3.50 | 4 |
| 2018 | $3.30 | 4 |
| 2017 | $3.15 | 4 |
| 2016 | $3.00 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
LIN earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 27 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
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. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. The company serves the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. It operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, and India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
LIN passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Linde plc (LIN) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $431.86, LIN at $483.19 is 11% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
What is LIN's P/E ratio?
LIN trades at 35.1 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Linde plc (LIN) pay a dividend?
Yes. Linde plc yields 1.21% at the current share price. It has paid $6.30 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 34 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its LIN data?
Fundamentals for LIN come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NASDAQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Sept 2026, 17:17 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.