Linde (LIN) to Release Earnings on Friday

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) will likely be announcing its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Friday, August 1st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $4.03 per share and revenue of $8.35 billion for the quarter.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $3.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.92 by $0.03. Linde had a return on equity of 18.95% and a net margin of 20.02%. The business had revenue of $8.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.24 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.75 EPS. Linde’s revenue for the quarter was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Linde to post $17 EPS for the current fiscal year and $18 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Linde Price Performance

NASDAQ LIN opened at $466.23 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $467.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $457.06. Linde has a 52-week low of $408.65 and a 52-week high of $487.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.94. The stock has a market cap of $219.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.86, a PEG ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 0.96.

Linde Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $6.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.29%. Linde’s payout ratio is 43.57%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Linde

In related news, VP David P. Strauss sold 1,987 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $457.04, for a total value of $908,138.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 22,639 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,346,928.56. This trade represents a 8.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Sean Durbin sold 7,261 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $456.42, for a total transaction of $3,314,065.62. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 8,151 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,720,279.42. This represents a 47.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Linde

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Linde stock. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 14.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 777 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Linde were worth $325,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Institutional investors own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on Linde in a research note on Friday, June 13th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $576.00 target price for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Linde to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. UBS Group increased their target price on Linde from $485.00 to $504.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. Citigroup raised shares of Linde from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $500.00 to $535.00 in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Finally, Argus raised shares of Linde to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $518.80.

Linde Company Profile

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Pacific. It offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene.