The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

LIN

Concerning the House

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. The company serves the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. It operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, and India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · www.linde.com

The Long Run

FY 2018–2025 · 8 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$33.99B+43.4%
Operating income$8.92B+44.8%
Net income$6.57B+46.1%
Cash from ops$10.35B+5.3%
Quotation

$478.20

-1.23 (-0.3%)

52w hi$546.64
52w lo$386.85
Vol1.98M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.10

Short-0.01
Medium-0.18
Long-0.13

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Linde plc

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$220.44B
Enterprise value$245.67B
Trailing P/E30.87x
Forward P/E24.43x
EV / EBITDA17.77x
P / S (ttm)6.22x
Profit margin20.4%
Return on equity18.4%
Revenue growth+9.3%
Earnings growth+11.3%
Debt / equity68.95
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.48
Corr SPX0.42
Annual vol18.6%
Annual ret+5.0%
Sharpe0.27
Max DD-20.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.21
Sector+0.03
Technical+0.02
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$479.86$483.29$475.76$478.201.98M
Aug 12$487.85$490.34$478.75$479.432.34M
Aug 11$491.04$495.96$489.98$490.531.33M
Aug 10$489.29$492.58$487.02$492.461.88M
Aug 7$486.58$493.04$486.20$489.981.73M