LIN · Linde PLC - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $33.99B | $33.01B | $32.85B | $33.36B | $30.79B | $27.24B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R&D | $147.00M | $150.00M | $146.00M | $143.00M | $143.00M | $152.00M |
| SG&A | $3.43B | $3.34B | $3.29B | $3.11B | $3.19B | $3.19B |
| Total Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D&A | $3.76B | $3.78B | $3.82B | $4.20B | $4.63B | $4.63B |
| Operating Income | $8.92B | $8.63B | $8.02B | $5.37B | $4.98B | $3.32B |
| Interest Expense | $575.00M | $555.00M | $480.00M | $277.00M | $227.00M | $277.00M |
| Income Tax | $1.99B | $2.00B | $1.81B | $1.43B | $1.26B | $847.00M |
| Net Income | $6.90B | $6.57B | $6.20B | $4.15B | $3.83B | $2.50B |
| EPS - Basic | $14.69 | $13.71 | $12.70 | $8.30 | $7.40 | $4.75 |
| EPS - Diluted | $14.61 | $13.62 | $12.59 | $8.23 | $7.33 | $4.71 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $5.06B | $4.85B | $4.66B | $5.44B | $2.82B | $3.75B |
| Accounts Receivable | $4.97B | $4.62B | $4.72B | $4.56B | $4.50B | $4.17B |
| Inventory | $2.06B | $1.95B | $2.12B | $1.98B | $1.73B | $1.73B |
| Accounts Payable | $2.81B | $2.51B | $3.02B | $3.00B | $3.50B | $3.10B |
| Current Assets | $13.32B | $12.95B | $12.62B | $13.05B | $10.16B | $10.92B |
| Total Assets | $86.82B | $80.15B | $80.81B | $79.66B | $81.61B | $88.23B |
| Current Liabilities | $15.20B | $14.54B | $15.72B | $16.48B | $13.64B | $13.74B |
| Long-term Debt | $20.68B | $15.34B | $13.40B | $12.20B | $11.34B | $12.15B |
| Total Liabilities | $47.08B | $40.66B | $39.72B | $38.27B | $36.16B | $38.65B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $38.24B | $38.09B | $39.72B | $40.03B | $44.03B | $47.32B |
| Retained Earnings | $16.61B | $12.63B | $8.85B | $20.54B | $18.71B | $17.18B |
Cash Flow
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $10.35B | $9.42B | $9.30B | $7.43B | $9.72B | $7.43B |
| Investing Cash Flow | ($5.72B) | ($4.64B) | ($4.67B) | ($2.99B) | ($3.01B) | ($2.99B) |
| Financing Cash Flow | ($4.55B) | ($4.36B) | ($5.40B) | ($3.35B) | ($7.59B) | ($3.35B) |
| CapEx | $5.26B | $4.50B | $3.79B | $3.17B | $3.09B | $3.40B |
| Free Cash Flow | $5.09B | $4.93B | $5.52B | $4.26B | $6.64B | $4.03B |
Ratios
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating margin | 26.3% | 26.2% | 24.4% | 16.1% | 16.2% | 12.2% |
| EBITDA margin | 37.3% | 37.6% | 36.0% | 28.7% | 31.2% | 29.2% |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 19.9% | 18.9% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 9.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.0% | 14.9% | 16.8% | 12.8% | 21.6% | 14.8% |
| FCF / Net income | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 1.74 | 1.61 |
| R&D / Revenue | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| SG&A / Revenue | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 11.7% |
| Effective tax rate | 22.4% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 25.7% | 24.8% | 25.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.9% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | 17.2% | 15.6% | 10.4% | 8.7% | 5.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 12.4% | 11.7% | 7.6% | 6.8% | 4.2% |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.80 |
| Quick ratio | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.67 |
| Cash ratio | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.27 |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt / Equity | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 1.63 | 1.24 | 1.13 | 1.27 | 1.18 | 1.53 |
| Interest coverage | 15.5x | 15.6x | 16.7x | 19.4x | 22.0x | 12.0x |
| Equity multiplier | 2.27 | 2.10 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 1.85 | 1.86 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.31 |
| Inventory turnover | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days sales outstanding | 53d | 51d | 52d | 50d | 53d | 56d |
| Days inventory outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days payable outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cash conversion cycle | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valuation | ||||||
| P / E | 29.2x | 30.7x | 32.6x | 39.6x | 47.3x | 55.9x |
| P / B | 5.3x | 5.3x | 5.1x | 4.1x | 4.1x | 3.0x |
| P / S | 5.9x | 6.1x | 6.2x | 4.9x | 5.9x | 5.1x |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.1x | 17.1x | 17.8x | 17.9x | 19.7x | 18.7x |
| Growth | ||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.0% | 0.5% | -1.5% | 8.3% | 13.0% | -3.5% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 0.6% | 2.3% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 43.0% | - |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | 4.5% | 3.2% | 25.5% | - | - | - |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 3.3% | 7.6% | 49.5% | 7.7% | 50.0% | 13.3% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | 5.1% | 5.9% | 49.5% | 8.4% | 53.0% | 9.5% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 7.3% | 8.2% | 53.0% | 12.3% | 55.6% | 12.4% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | 21.1% | 22.9% | 38.8% | 25.2% | 12.1% | - |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 25.4% | 26.6% | 19.3% | - | - | - |
| FCF growth (YoY) | 3.3% | -10.7% | 29.7% | -35.9% | 64.8% | 65.3% |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | 4.8% | 15.1% | 33.0% | - | - | - |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 0.4% | -4.1% | -0.8% | -9.1% | -6.9% | -3.6% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-12-31.
Business segments
$33.99B totalAmericas Segment$15.21B · 44.7%
EMEASegment$8.55B · 25.2%
APACSegment$6.66B · 19.6%
Engineering Segment$2.25B · 6.6%
Corporate And Other$1.32B · 3.9%
Geographic
$33.99B totalUS$12.18B · 35.8%
Other International$11.26B · 33.1%
CN$2.60B · 7.7%
DE$2.43B · 7.2%
GB$1.51B · 4.4%
MX$1.39B · 4.1%
BR$1.32B · 3.9%
AU$1.29B · 3.8%
Stability scores
Altman Z′
FY 2025 · bankruptcy risk
1.20
Distress
Private-firm variant - uses book equity instead of market cap. > 2.90 safe · 1.23-2.90 grey · < 1.23 distress.
Piotroski F-score
FY 2025 · 9-point quality
4/9
Neutral
- ✓Net income positive
- ✓Operating cash flow positive
- ✗ROA improved YoY
- ✓Cash flow > net income
- ✗Long-term debt decreased
- ✗Current ratio improved
- ✓No share dilution
- -Gross margin improved
- ✗Asset turnover improved
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Comparing LINDE PLC against the 5 most active filers in the same SIC group.
Dividends
$4.60/share trailing 12 months · -20.4% YoY
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | $1.6000 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $1.5000 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $1.5000 |
| Jun 4, 2025 | $1.5000 |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $1.5000 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $1.3900 |
| Sep 4, 2024 | $1.3900 |
| Jun 4, 2024 | $1.3900 |
| Mar 13, 2024 | $1.3900 |
| Dec 1, 2023 | $1.2750 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | $1.2750 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | $1.2750 |
| Mar 13, 2023 | $1.2750 |
| Dec 1, 2022 | $1.1700 |
| Sep 1, 2022 | $1.1700 |
| Jun 2, 2022 | $1.1700 |
| Mar 10, 2022 | $1.1700 |
| Dec 2, 2021 | $1.0600 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | $1.0600 |
| Jun 2, 2021 | $1.0600 |
| Mar 4, 2021 | $1.0600 |
| Dec 2, 2020 | $0.9630 |
| Sep 2, 2020 | $0.9630 |
| Jun 2, 2020 | $0.9630 |