Lineweaver Wealth Advisors LLC Invests $1.05 Million in Linde PLC $LIN

Lineweaver Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 2,453 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,046,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Linde in the 2nd quarter valued at $25,000. Marquette Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Linde in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new position in shares of Linde during the third quarter worth about $29,000. YANKCOM Partnership lifted its stake in shares of Linde by 195.2% during the third quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 62 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Guerra Advisors Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Linde in the third quarter worth about $30,000. 82.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on LIN. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Linde in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. CICC Research assumed coverage on Linde in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 price target for the company. Erste Group Bank raised shares of Linde from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Linde from $540.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Linde has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $515.20.

Linde Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of Linde stock opened at $491.12 on Friday. Linde PLC has a 1-year low of $387.78 and a 1-year high of $510.65. The company has a market capitalization of $227.58 billion, a PE ratio of 33.66, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The business has a 50-day moving average of $477.66 and a 200-day moving average of $451.23.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The basic materials company reported $4.20 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.18 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $8.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.64 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 19.52% and a net margin of 20.30%.The company’s revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.97 earnings per share. Linde has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.300 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.400-17.900 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Linde PLC will post 16.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a $1.60 dividend. This represents a $6.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This is a positive change from Linde’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.50. Linde’s dividend payout ratio is currently 43.87%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Sean Durbin sold 6,520 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $477.27, for a total transaction of $3,111,800.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,151 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,890,227.77. This trade represents a 44.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Guillermo Bichara sold 9,455 shares of Linde stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $480.45, for a total transaction of $4,542,654.75. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 22,138 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,636,202.10. This trade represents a 29.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 20,332 shares of company stock worth $9,749,257. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Linde 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.