A new trading day began on Friday, with Linde Plc (NASDAQ: LIN) stock price up 3.21% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $403.3. LIN’s price has ranged from $387.78 to $486.38 over the past 52 weeks.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 26.58%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 5.91%. With a float of $464.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $466.95 million.
Linde Plc (LIN) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Linde Plc is 0.51%, while institutional ownership is 83.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 08 ’25, was worth 999,634. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 2,520 shares at a rate of $396.68, taking the stock ownership to the 90,794 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 07 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 50,309 for $473.38, making the entire transaction worth $23,815,274. This insider now owns 480,543 shares in total.
Linde Plc (LIN) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 3.97 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.25 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.91% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.04% during the next five years compared to 26.58% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Linde Plc (NASDAQ: LIN) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Linde Plc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.69. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.80. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 38.29.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.94, a number that is poised to hit 4.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 17.86 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Linde Plc (LIN)
Looking closely at Linde Plc (NASDAQ: LIN), its last 5-days average volume was 4.25 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.16 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 59.98%.
During the past 100 days, Linde Plc’s (LIN) raw stochastic average was set at 28.86%, which indicates a significant decrease from 94.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 6.78 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 6.86 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $427.94, while its 200-day Moving Average is $455.33. However, in the short run, Linde Plc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $420.59. Second resistance stands at $424.94. The third major resistance level sits at $431.86. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $409.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $402.40. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $398.05.
Linde Plc (NASDAQ: LIN) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 194.36 billion, the company has a total of 466,949K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 33,005 M while annual income is 6,565 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 8,615 M while its latest quarter income was 1,929 M.
