LIN · Linde PLC
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $222.3B |
| P/E | 30.71 |
| Float | 461.1M |
| Beta | 0.70 |
| Volatility | 17.4% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Chemicals |
| Cap tier | Mega cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 84 |
| Price | 478.83 |
| Change | −0.70% |
| Prev Close | 482.19 |
| Open | 487.90 |
| Day Low | 480.05 |
| Day High | 491.98 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $854.5M |
| 52W High | 548.20 |
| 52W Low | 387.78 |
| 52W Pos | 56.8% |
| From High | −12.65% |
| From Low | +23.48% |
| Max DD 1Y | −19.48% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | −1.32% |
| SMA 50 | −4.69% |
| SMA 200 | −0.28% |
| RSI (14) | 42.0 |
| Vol 30D | 22.8% |
| Vol 90D | 20.9% |
| 1Y Range | 388–548 |
| Daily bars | 506 |
| Perf Week | −0.65% |
| Perf Month | −1.80% |
| Perf Quarter | −4.98% |
| Perf Half Y | −1.61% |
| Perf Year | +2.21% |
| Perf YTD | +11.59% |
| Prev Day | −0.70% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.71 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.88 |
| Int Cover | 38.2× |
| FCF Margin | 14.5% |
| Rev Growth | +9.3% |
| 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-, 84 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (69), most exposed on Sector Resilience (64, mixed). 4 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 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Volatilityannualized | 17.4% | 21.4% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −19.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.75% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 21% | — |
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 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate47% 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 | −0.7% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| Year to date | +11.6% |
| 1 year | +2.2% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| LIN | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 24 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 67 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 25 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 25 ↑ 3 ↓ |
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 | +9.3% |
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.
Against Chemicals
17 companies| Metric | LIN | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.70 | 0.86 | |
| Volatility | 17.4% | 21.4% | |
| P/E | 30.71 | 33.81 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 0.61 | |
| Current ratio | 0.88 | 1.43 | |
| FCF margin | 14.5% | 10.7% | |
| Interest coverage | 38.2× | 5.9× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAncora Advisors LLC bought a new position in Linde PLC (LIN) during the second quarter, purchasing 39,414 shares worth about $20.45 million. The article does not report any development at Linde itself.
Linde Malaysia partnered with Monash University Malaysia and the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) to host a first-of-its-kind conference bringing together industry, academia, and government to promote industrial decarbonisation in support of Malaysia's National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR). No financial figures, contracts, or commercial outcomes were disclosed.
Linde is building the world's largest 100% Oxyfuel-fired steel reheating furnace at an Asian steel producer: a 280 t/h Walking Beam Furnace equipped with 100% REBOX Flameless Oxyfuel combustion, 86 burners, and 123 MW installed nominal power, expected to operate at ~60% of installed power. The project underscores Linde's leadership in oxyfuel solutions, with over 1,000 installations across industries, 650 in steel and 190 in steel reheating via its REBOX portfolio.
Thirteen brokerages covering Linde PLC (LIN) gave the stock a consensus 'Buy' rating, according to MarketBeat Ratings. The breakdown was one hold, eleven buys, and one strong buy, though the article body was truncated and no further details were available.
Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) shares fell 5.9% after reporting Q2 earnings that beat estimates with $9.29 billion in revenue and $4.50 adjusted EPS, prompting Jim Cramer to call the sell-off 'beyond stupid' in a tweet citing a major TSMC Arizona contract. The company raised its full-year guidance to $17.70-$17.90 per share despite concerns over declining operating margins.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| NTR | Nutrien Ltd | A- | $53.05B | 16.15 | 0.09 | Compare |
| PPG | PPG Industries Inc | B | $24.62B | 15.79 | 1.01 | Compare |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc | B | $22.06B | 76.33 | 0.90 | Compare |
| DOW | Dow Inc | B+ | $21.93B | — | 0.43 | Compare |
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