FY2027 EPS Estimates for Linde Increased by Erste Group Bank

Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) – Equities research analysts at Erste Group Bank raised their FY2027 earnings estimates for Linde in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 5th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings of $19.62 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $19.60. The consensus estimate for Linde’s current full-year earnings is $17.84 per share.

LIN has been the topic of several other research reports. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on shares of Linde from $560.00 to $546.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Linde from $525.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Seaport Research Partners increased their target price on Linde from $525.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $580.00 target price on Linde in a research report on Monday. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on Linde from $559.00 to $564.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $545.38.

Linde Price Performance

LIN opened at $492.46 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $227.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.81, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a 50-day moving average of $513.09 and a 200-day moving average of $498.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.88. Linde has a 1-year low of $387.78 and a 1-year high of $548.20.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 31st. The basic materials company reported $4.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.49 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $9.29 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.02 billion. Linde had a net margin of 20.43% and a return on equity of 20.09%. The firm’s revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $4.09 EPS. Linde has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.700-17.900 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.450-4.550 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Linde

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in LIN. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Linde by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 44,953,116 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $19,167,559,000 after purchasing an additional 354,800 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Linde by 0.9% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 19,319,583 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $9,176,828,000 after buying an additional 172,162 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Linde by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,353,011 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $4,820,533,000 after buying an additional 35,945 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of Linde by 8.6% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 10,127,594 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $4,318,325,000 after acquiring an additional 797,866 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Linde by 7.7% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 9,784,371 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $4,171,959,000 after acquiring an additional 695,771 shares during the period. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Linde Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 3rd will be issued a dividend of $1.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 3rd. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Linde’s dividend payout ratio is 41.34%.

Linde Company Profile

Linde (NASDAQ: LIN) is a multinational industrial gases and engineering company that supplies gases, related technologies and services to a wide range of industries. The company traces its current form to the 2018 combination of Germany’s Linde AG and U.S.-based Praxair, creating one of the largest global providers of industrial, specialty and medical gases. Linde’s business model centers on production, processing and distribution of gases as well as the design and construction of the plants and equipment needed to produce them.

Core products and services include atmospheric and process gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon; hydrogen and helium; carbon dioxide; and a portfolio of higher‑value specialty and electronic gases.