LIN · Linde PLC
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $229.8B |
| P/E | 31.72 |
| Float | 461.1M |
| Beta | 0.69 |
| Volatility | 17.4% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Cap tier | Mega cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 85.2 |
| Price | 501.94 |
| Change | +0.70% |
| Prev Close | 498.43 |
| Open | 492.74 |
| Day Low | 492.74 |
| Day High | 502.14 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $1.07B |
| 52W High | 548.20 |
| 52W Low | 387.78 |
| 52W Pos | 71.2% |
| From High | −8.44% |
| From Low | +29.44% |
| Max DD 1Y | −16.31% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +4.74% |
| SMA 50 | +4.84% |
| SMA 200 | +2.55% |
| RSI (14) | 67.8 |
| Vol 30D | 14.8% |
| Vol 90D | 19.3% |
| 1Y Range | 388–548 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +3.04% |
| Perf Month | +8.71% |
| Perf Quarter | −2.66% |
| Perf Half Y | +1.26% |
| Perf Year | +10.41% |
| Perf YTD | +16.97% |
| Prev Day | +0.70% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.59 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.88 |
| Int Cover | 38.2× |
| FCF Margin | 15.0% |
| Rev Growth | +3.0% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 1 / 17 |
What LIN does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayLIN grades A-, 85.2 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (71), most exposed on News Sentiment (66, steady). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Chemicals median. Ranks 1 of 17 in Chemicals by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| LIN | Chemicals median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.69 | 0.70 |
| Volatilityannualized | 17.4% | 17.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −16.3% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.76% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 2 (1%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| LIN | Chemicals median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.69 | 0.70 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 53% of 17 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Chemicals names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| LIN | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.0% |
| 1 month | +8.7% |
| Year to date | +17.0% |
| 1 year | +10.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| LIN | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 31 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 64 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 5 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 5 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 17 Chemicals names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| LIN | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +3.0% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Chemicals median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openBarclays raised its rating on Linde shares to 'strong-buy' in a research note on Monday.
Linde reported its highest-ever quarterly sales, with $8.1 billion in orders waiting to be filled, largely from chipmakers needing more of its industrial gases. Weaker profit margins at its Lincare medical unit pushed the share price down, even though analysts continue to rate the stock a Buy.
Linde has secured land in Sanand, India, as global suppliers of industrial gases and chipmaking chemicals race to set up near upcoming semiconductor factories, including Tata Electronics' Dholera fab and a cluster of chip-packaging plants in Gujarat.
Argus lowered its price target on Linde shares from $563 to $538, a reduction of about 4.4%, and assigned a 'buy' rating in a research note issued Monday. The article contains no other information beyond this single analyst update.
Linde has bought a land parcel in Sanand, Gujarat, to set up a second facility in the region, capitalising on the state's emergence as a chip packaging centre. The company is already building an air separation unit in Dholera for Tata Group's upcoming semiconductor fab, and operates air separation and packaged gases plants in Dahej and Ahmedabad.
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