LIN 📈 Linde Ordinary Shares - Overview

Exchange: NASDAQ • Country: United Kingdom • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: IE000S9YS762

LIN: Industrial Gases, Process Gases, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Helium, Hydrogen

Linde plc is a multinational industrial gas company with operations spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific, providing a wide range of products and services to various industries. The company's product portfolio includes atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases, which are used in numerous applications, including healthcare, industrial manufacturing, and food processing. Additionally, Linde offers process gases like carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene, which are essential for industries like chemicals and energy, electronics, and metals and mining.

One of the key aspects of Linde's business is the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its own gas businesses. These plants can be found in various locations and include air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants, among others. By providing these custom-built solutions, Linde enables its customers to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. The company's expertise in plant design and construction is a significant differentiator in the industrial gas market, allowing it to deliver tailored solutions that meet the specific needs of its customers.

Linde's customer base is diverse, with the company serving a range of industries, including healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics. This diversity helps to reduce the company's dependence on any one particular industry, making it more resilient to market fluctuations. With a history dating back to 1879, Linde has established itself as a leading player in the industrial gas market, with a strong reputation for quality, reliability, and innovation. The company is headquartered in Woking, the United Kingdom, and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol LIN, with the ISIN code IE000S9YS762, and are classified as common stock under the GICS Sub Industry: Industrial Gases.

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LIN Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 219,504m
Sector Basic Materials
Industry Specialty Chemicals
GiC Sub-Industry Industrial Gases
IPO / Inception 2002-01-11

LIN Stock Ratings

Growth 5y 87.2%
Fundamental 51.8%
Dividend 62.7%
Rel. Strength Industry 166
Analysts 4.04/5
Fair Price Momentum 415.34 USD
Fair Price DCF 268.57 USD

LIN Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 1.31%
Yield on Cost 5y 2.82%
Annual Growth 5y 7.82%
Payout Consistency 100.0%

LIN Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m -85.2%
Growth Correlation 12m 57.6%
Growth Correlation 5y 95.7%
CAGR 5y 16.55%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y 2.88
Sharpe Ratio 12m 0.07
Alpha -20.57
Beta 0.96
Volatility 19.37%
Current Volume 6680.9k
Average Volume 20d 2653.9k
What is the price of LIN stocks?
As of December 21, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 424.31 with a total of 6,680,941 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.52%, over one month by -5.45%, over three months by -9.81% and over the past year by +5.69%.
Is Linde Ordinary Shares a good stock to buy?
Partly, yes. Based on ValueRay Fundamental Analyses, Linde Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:LIN) is currently (December 2024) ok to buy, but has to be watched. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 51.80 and therefor a somewhat positive outlook according to the companies health.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of LIN as of December 2024 is 415.34. This means that LIN is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -2.11%.
Is LIN a buy, sell or hold?
Linde Ordinary Shares has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.04. Therefor, it is recommend to buy LIN.
  • Strong Buy: 13
  • Buy: 6
  • Hold: 7
  • Sell: 1
  • Strong Sell: 1
What are the forecast for LIN stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, LIN Linde Ordinary Shares will be worth about 458.4 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 424.31. This means that the stock has a potential upside of +8.03%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price 494 16.4%
Analysts Target Price 424 -0.1%
ValueRay Target Price 458.4 8%