Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) VP Guillermo Bichara Sells 9,455 Shares of Stock

Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) VP Guillermo Bichara sold 9,455 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $480.45, for a total transaction of $4,542,654.75. Following the sale, the vice president owned 22,138 shares in the company, valued at $10,636,202.10. The trade was a 29.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Linde Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of Linde stock opened at $485.28 on Thursday. Linde PLC has a fifty-two week low of $387.78 and a fifty-two week high of $488.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market capitalization of $226.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.26, a P/E/G ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a fifty day moving average of $442.80 and a 200 day moving average of $447.99.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The basic materials company reported $4.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.18 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $8.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.64 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 19.52% and a net margin of 20.30%.The business’s revenue was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.97 earnings per share. Linde has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.300 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.400-17.900 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Linde PLC will post 16.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Linde

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Linde during the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. Marquette Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Linde in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new position in shares of Linde in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. YANKCOM Partnership increased its position in shares of Linde by 195.2% during the 3rd quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 62 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guerra Advisors Inc bought a new position in shares of Linde during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on LIN. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Linde from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and set a $455.00 target price on shares of Linde in a research report on Friday, February 6th. CICC Research began coverage on shares of Linde in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 target price for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $516.00 price target on shares of Linde in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $508.20.

About Linde

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.