Linde (LIN) stock
LIN's Quality Score rose 3 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 18.
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Key facts on LIN
| Profit margin | 20%, up from 12% in 3 years |
| Its score | Up:Back in the top 100 for the first time since Apr 2026 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 29 |
LIN in the news
What's next
Tue Nov 17: RBC Global Industrials Conference 2026Investor conference · date confirmed.
1 more date ahead: dividend dates, for Pro members.
LIN catalysts
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.1% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Why LIN scores 18
Excellentfor quality, not price, 8 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. LIN scores 18 today, against a median of 9 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
- +8Chart checks 8 of 14 firing right now, one point each
- +4Long-term trend above a rising 200-day average, near its 52-week high, at a multi-year high
- Size adds
- Profit adds
- Persistence adds
- News adds
- Government filings subtracts
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LIN has 8 of 14 chart checks firing
LIN RSI today: 73.3, above its 50-day and 200-day averages
- RSI 1473.3
- MACD (12, 26, 9)Above signal
- 50-day average$484.21
- 200-day average$493.35
- 50/200 crossDeath cross
- ADX 1432.2
- Support$506.78
- Resistance$522.00
- 52-week high$548.20
- 52-week low$387.78
- Chart patternNone
- Volume1.1x
The deep dive on LIN
- What it does and how it makes money
- Where it stands
- What changed in its filingsSEC filing · Jul 31, 2026
- Who holds and trades it
- Against its closest peers
How LIN ranks in Gases & Chemicals
LIN is #1 of 9 by Quality Score among Industrial Inorganic Chemicals.
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Free cash flow over four quarters: LIN $4.97B, APD -$301M.
When does LIN report earnings, and what happens after?
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, before the open (in 94 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
What LIN reported on Oct 29, 2026
The quarter
The figures are not read from the release yet.
Where the sales came from
LIN's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
The outlook
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share | $17.82 to $17.92 |
The numbers
- $231B
- today
- $35B
- up 6.6% on the year
- $5B
- last 12 months
Sales grew 4.5% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $6.40 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +0.2% | -1.0% | open |
| Jul 31, 2026 | -6.6% | -6.0% | -3.6% |
| May 1, 2026 | +0.4% | +1.4% | -1.4% |
LIN sales and profit by year
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $34B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
Is LIN's dividend covered? What its financials say
Its dividends come to 59% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $6.40 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $3B a year |
| Free cash flow | $5B |
| Record | Raised each of the last 3 years |
Insiders trading LIN
LIN insider trades
One insider bought $48K across 1 filing, and one insider sold $2.6M across 2 filings, in the last 6 months. The newest:
LIN trades by Congress and the executive branch
20 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
LIN's officers and directors
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
Which ETFs hold LIN?
In ETFs: LIN is 1.1% of QQQI, 1.1% of QQQ, and 1.1% of QQQM, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
About Linde
Linde is the largest industrial gas supplier in the world, with operations in over 100 countries. The firm's main products are atmospheric gases (including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon) and process gases (including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium), as well as equipment used in industrial gas production. Linde serves a wide variety of end markets, including chemicals, manufacturing, healthcare, and steelmaking. Linde generated approximately $34 billion in revenue in 2025.
What Linde says it competes with
“Competition – Linde participates in highly competitive markets in industrial gases and engineering, which are characterized by a mixture of local, regional and global players, all of which exert competitive pressure on the parties.”
LIN's score card
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Straight Answers
Is LIN a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says
LIN scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #1 of 9 in Industrial Inorganic Chemicals by Quality Score, with 8 of 14 chart checks firing. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
What is LIN's Quality Score?
LIN scores 18 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #1 of 9 in Industrial Inorganic Chemicals by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind LIN's 18.
Are insiders buying LIN?
One insider bought $48K across 1 filing, and one insider sold $2.6M across 2 filings, in the last 6 months. The newest is Paula Rosput Reynolds, Director, who bought $48K on Aug 18. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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