Linde plc (LIN) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Linde plc (LIN): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Linde plc
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.
Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Specialty Chemicals · United Kingdom · 64,649 employees · linde.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Linde plc (LIN) had a market capitalization of $220.15B, a trailing P/E of 30.9 (forward 24.4), a dividend yield of 1.33% and a beta of 0.73; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $387.78 – $548.20 (2.7% over the year).
- Market cap
- $220.15B
- Enterprise value
- $244.81B
- Trailing P/E
- 30.9
- Forward P/E
- 24.4
- PEG ratio
- 1.87
- Price / book
- 5.63
- EPS (trailing)
- $15.48
- EPS (forward)
- $19.56
- Dividend yield
- 1.33%
- Payout ratio
- 40.0%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-09-03
- 52-week range
- $387.78 – $548.20
- 52-week change
- 2.7%
- Beta
- 0.73
- Average volume
- 2.2M
- Shares outstanding
- 461.0M
- Short % of float
- 1.07%
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Linde plc (LIN) last closed at $461.62 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 29 (oversold territory), price -4.1% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread -3.4%, MACD histogram -1.65.
Sentiment inputs: 75% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 100% bullish; Reddit mentions 0% over 24 hours; analyst consensus score 73/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 6 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 1 sell of LIN; corporate insiders filed 1 buy and 0 sells (2 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-08-19). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Paula Rosput Reynolds (1B/0S), Alan Armstrong (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
LIN has been a daily pick 1 time; 0 of 1 graded picks beat SPY over the following five trading days. Most recent: 2026-08-28, rank #2, -2.55% versus SPY (lagged). Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Linde plc (LIN) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell LIN.
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