Atria Investments Inc Grows Stake in Linde PLC $LIN

Atria Investments Inc raised its position in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 4.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,174 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,273 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Linde were worth $14,333,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Linde during the 4th quarter worth about $2,752,000. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Linde by 14.1% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 777 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $325,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Linde by 19.8% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,569 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of Linde by 2.1% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 11,417 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,357,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, RFG Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Linde by 28.6% during the second quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 1,106 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $519,000 after buying an additional 246 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on LIN. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Linde in a report on Friday, February 6th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Linde from $540.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. DZ Bank lowered Linde from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $460.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Linde in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $455.00 price target on shares of Linde in a report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Linde presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $508.20.

Linde Stock Up 1.1%

LIN stock opened at $472.86 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $220.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.07 and a beta of 0.84. Linde PLC has a 12 month low of $387.78 and a 12 month high of $486.38. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $435.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $447.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.74.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The basic materials company reported $4.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.18 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $8.76 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.64 billion. Linde had a net margin of 20.30% and a return on equity of 19.52%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Linde PLC will post 16.54 earnings per share for the current year.

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.