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LIN - Linde plc

Materials
Dividend Aristocrat

Price History

About

Industry

Specialty Chemicals

Employees

65,177

Headquarters

United Kingdom


Company Overview

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. It 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. The company also engages in designing and constructing of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for the gas businesses in various locations comprising air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. It serves healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. The company operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the Unted Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, And India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.

Price

$495.76

52-Week Range

$388 $511

Dividend Yield

1.28%

Dividend Score

B

Dividend

Yield 1.28%
Annual $6.40
Payout 41%
5Y Avg 1.31%

Valuation

P/E (TTM) 33.9
Fwd P/E 25.4
P/B 6.01
PEG 2.19

Profitability

Profit Margin 20.3%
Op Margin 28.2%
ROE 17.8%
ROA 7.2%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.88
Quick Ratio 0.69
Debt/Equity 71%

Cash Flow

Free CF $4.8B
Op CF $10.4B
Total Cash $5.1B

Analyst Consensus

Buy

25 analysts

Target: $514 $381 - $550
+3.6% implied

Dividend Growth

Most Recent Annual Growth

7.91%

3-Year Avg Growth

8.63%

5-Year Avg Growth

9.27%

Annual Dividends

Year-over-Year Growth

Recent Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Date Amount
Mar 11, 2026 $1.6000
Dec 03, 2025 $1.5000
Sep 04, 2025 $1.5000
Jun 04, 2025 $1.5000
Mar 13, 2025 $1.5000
Dec 03, 2024 $1.3900
Sep 04, 2024 $1.3900
Jun 04, 2024 $1.3900
Mar 13, 2024 $1.3900
Dec 01, 2023 $1.2750
Sep 01, 2023 $1.2750
Jun 01, 2023 $1.2750
Mar 13, 2023 $1.2750
Dec 01, 2022 $1.1700
Sep 01, 2022 $1.1700
Jun 02, 2022 $1.1700
Mar 10, 2022 $1.1700
Dec 02, 2021 $1.0600
Sep 02, 2021 $1.0600
Jun 02, 2021 $1.0600

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