Trillium Asset Management LLC Purchases 2,490 Shares of Linde PLC $LIN

Trillium Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 4.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 59,976 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,490 shares during the quarter. Trillium Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Linde were worth $26,121,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Capital International Investors lifted its holdings in Linde by 20.1% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 7,610,387 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $3,245,255,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275,477 shares in the last quarter. S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in Linde by 8.9% during the 4th quarter. S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC now owns 27,341 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $11,658,000 after purchasing an additional 2,234 shares in the last quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd lifted its holdings in Linde by 45.5% during the 3rd quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 236,206 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $112,198,000 after purchasing an additional 73,850 shares in the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its holdings in Linde by 143.4% during the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 15,044 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $6,415,000 after purchasing an additional 8,863 shares in the last quarter. Finally, J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lifted its holdings in Linde by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG now owns 83,262 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $35,493,000 after purchasing an additional 2,408 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

LIN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Linde from $525.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Linde from $552.00 to $570.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Seaport Research Partners increased their price objective on Linde from $525.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Linde from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $541.91.

Linde Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LIN opened at $523.57 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $504.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $471.51. Linde PLC has a twelve month low of $387.78 and a twelve month high of $525.82. The stock has a market cap of $242.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.77, a PEG ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $4.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.27 by $0.06. Linde had a return on equity of 19.80% and a net margin of 20.44%.The firm had revenue of $8.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.60 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.95 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Linde has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.600-17.900 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.400-4.500 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Linde PLC will post 17.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a $1.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Linde’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.50%.

About Linde

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.