Linde PLC $LIN Holdings Lifted by Compound Planning Inc.

Compound Planning Inc. increased its holdings in Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 45.9% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 6,080 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,913 shares during the period. Compound Planning Inc.’s holdings in Linde were worth $3,014,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Capital International Investors grew its position in Linde by 20.1% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 7,610,387 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $3,245,255,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275,477 shares in the last quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lifted its position in Linde by 3.0% in 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 buying an additional 2,408 shares in the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp boosted its stake in shares of Linde by 143.4% during the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 15,044 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $6,415,000 after buying an additional 8,863 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in shares of Linde by 177.2% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,263,064 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $538,558,000 after buying an additional 807,370 shares during the period. Finally, Trium Capital LLP grew its holdings in shares of Linde by 85.3% during the 4th quarter. Trium Capital LLP now owns 5,132 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,188,000 after acquiring an additional 2,362 shares in the last quarter. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

LIN has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Linde from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $559.00 target price on Linde in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $525.00 target price on shares of Linde in a research report on Friday, July 10th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $600.00 price target on shares of Linde in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Seaport Research Partners lifted their price target on Linde from $525.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Linde presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $548.67.

Linde Stock Performance

Shares of LIN opened at $512.28 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $516.05 and its 200-day moving average is $493.94. Linde PLC has a 12 month low of $387.78 and a 12 month high of $548.20. The firm has a market cap of $236.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.20 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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.27 by $0.06. Linde had a net margin of 20.44% and a return on equity of 19.80%. The business had revenue of $8.78 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.60 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.95 EPS. Linde’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. Linde has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.600-17.900 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.400-4.500 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Linde PLC will post 17.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $1.60 per share. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. Linde’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 42.50%.

Linde Profile

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.