Linde (LIN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Linde in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LIN shares.
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11 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Linde's stock. Their LIN share price targets range from $375.00 to $463.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $428.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price.
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Linde's stock was trading at $326.18 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LIN stock has increased by 25.9% and is now trading at $410.71.
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Linde saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,340,000 shares, an increase of 25.1% from the October 31st total of 2,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 6th 2024.
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Linde plc (NYSE:LIN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 26th. The basic materials company reported $3.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.57 by $0.06. The basic materials company earned $8.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.53 billion. Linde had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.59% and a net margin of 18.44%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.10 EPS.
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Linde declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 4th will be given a dividend of $1.275 per share on Monday, December 18th. This represents a $5.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 1st.
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Linde (NYSE:LIN) pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.24%. The dividend payout ratio is 42.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LIN will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.82% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Linde (NYSE:LIN) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM), Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB), Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT), ProShares Ultra Materials (UYM), iShares Global Materials ETF (MXI), Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF (MCSE) and Neuberger Berman Carbon Transition & Infrastructure ETF (NBCT).

Linde updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.38-3.48 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.46.

14 employees have rated Linde Chief Executive Officer Vincent L. Sadusky on Glassdoor.com. Vincent L. Sadusky has an approval rating of 59% among the company's employees. This puts Vincent L. Sadusky in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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