Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Linde stock last closed at $372.95, up 0.14% from the previous day, and has increased 36.08% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Specialty Chemicals industry by 0.27 percentage points. Linde stock is currently +42.09% from its 52-week low of $262.47, and -5.26% from its 52-week high of $393.67.
There are currently 487.95M LIN shares outstanding. The market cap of LIN is $181.98B. In the last 24 hours, 1.02M LIN shares were traded.
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Out of 11 Equities analysts who track LIN, the consensus analyst rating on LIN is a Strong Buy
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Martin Evans, a top 45% analyst from HSBC maintains LIN with a strong buy rating and raises their LIN price target from $416.00 to $440.00, on Aug 7, 2023.
Bill Selesky, a top 10% analyst from Argus Research maintains LIN with a strong buy rating and raises their LIN price target from $440.00 to $463.00, on Aug 1, 2023.
Argus Research's Bill Selesky raised their price target on Linde PLC (NYSE: LIN) by 5.23% from $440.00 to $463.00 on 2023/08/01. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Q2's higher-than-expected EPS was largely reflected driven by higher pricing and a stronger product mix, more than offsetting the impact of asset divestitures, negative cost pass-throughs, and unfavorable currency translation, Selesky said to sum up Linde's Q2 2023 earnings report.
For Q2 2023, Linde reported:
For FY 2023, management guided:
CEO Sanjiv Lamba commented: “Linde delivered another quarter of strong results, growing EPS 15%, ROC to 24.9% and expanding operating margins 440 basis points, reaching 27.9%.
“Regardless of the geopolitical or economic uncertainty, we will continue to generate long-term shareholder value.”
Vincent Andrews, a top 11% analyst from Morgan Stanley reiterates LIN with a strong buy rating and maintains their LIN price target from $420.00 to $420.00, on Aug 1, 2023.
John McNulty, a top 16% analyst from BMO Capital maintains LIN with a buy rating and raises their LIN price target from $400.00 to $418.00, on Jul 31, 2023.
Michael Sison, a bottom 15% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains LIN with a strong buy rating and raises their LIN price target from $420.00 to $444.00, on Jul 28, 2023.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are saying on the Linde stock forecast page.
Last year, LIN earnings were $5.69B. Over the last four year, LIN's earnings have gone up by -0.76% per year. This was slower than the Specialty Chemicals industry average of 10.28%.
Last year, LIN revenue was $33.09B. In the past four year, LIN's revenue has grown by 9.57% per year. This was faster than the Specialty Chemicals industry average of 8.03%.
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In the past year, insiders at LIN have sold more shares than they have bought.
Sean Durbin, Executive VP North America of LIN, was the latest LIN insider to sell. They sold $266,470.75 worth of LIN stock on Sep 14, 2023.
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Linde pays a dividend of 0.66%, compared to the Specialty Chemicals industry's average dividend yield of 2.74%. If you owned $1,000 of LIN stock, you would have been paid $6.56 last year.
Linde dividend payments have consistently grown over the past 5 years and have remained stable.
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