Linde plc (LIN)
Basic Materials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for LIN is $551.04, 10.6% above the last close of $498.43 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $506.93 to $584.13. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E32.2x
- P/E vs sector+36.6%
- P/E vs own+1.0%
- Target upside+10.6%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$230B
- FCF yield+2.2%
- Insiders$47.91K
- Earnings in13d
- News
Why it moved
Linde plc (LIN) rose 1.1% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Basic Materials stocks rose 0.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
1 story on the day (30-day average 0.6).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $498.43 · +13.7% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector→ -3.0%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50Golden 0d ago
- RSI68
- Support-1.5%
- Resistance+1.9%
- Off 52w high-8.5%
- Off ATH-8.5%
- 52w range$498.43
- Bollingerupper half
- MACD2.57
- ATR+1.6%
- Volume1.0x
Analyst price targets
13 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $498.43 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 6 · Buy 17 · Hold 5 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +9.3% year over year, free cash flow 9.0% of revenue, operating margin 27.3%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $9.29B | 4.15 | $833M | 37.3% | 27.3% | 20.8% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $8.78B | 3.98 | $898M | 37.7% | 27.1% | 21.1% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $8.76B | 3.26 | $1.57B | 37.3% | 26.8% | 17.5% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $8.62B | 4.09 | $1.67B | 38.0% | 27.2% | 22.4% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $8.49B | 3.73 | $954M | 38.2% | 27.5% | 20.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $8.11B | 3.51 | $891M | 37.5% | 27.4% | 20.6% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $8.28B | 3.60 | $1.56B | 36.8% | 26.5% | 20.8% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $8.36B | 3.22 | $1.67B | 36.4% | 26.1% | 18.5% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $498.43 | +1.1% | -8.5% | +10.6% | 32.2 | $230B | |
| 2 |  | $335.20 | -0.5% | -9.4% | +13.8% | 30.9 | $81.37B | |
| 3 |  | $288.89 | -0.7% | -5.6% | +11.7% | 38.8 | $80.98B | |
| 4 |  | $299.59 | +1.0% | -4.0% | +12.2% | — | $66.71B | |
| 5 |  | $107.39 | -0.4% | -16.9% | +20.6% | 15.4 | $23.86B | |
| 6 |  | $90.68 | +0.4% | 0.0% | +4.5% | 84.0 | $23.14B | |
| 7 |  | $64.01 | +2.1% | -20.7% | +8.4% | — | $20.68B | |
| 8 |  | $95.48 | -2.8% | -55.5% | +84.2% | — | $11.27B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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