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

Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) VP Guillermo Bichara sold 9,455 shares of Linde stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $480.45, for a total value of $4,542,654.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 22,138 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,636,202.10. This trade represents a 29.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Linde Trading Up 1.0%

NASDAQ LIN opened at $490.11 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $228.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.59, a P/E/G ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $444.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $448.28. 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 PLC has a one year low of $387.78 and a one year high of $490.55.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The basic materials company reported $4.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.18 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $8.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.64 billion. Linde had a return on equity of 19.52% and a net margin of 20.30%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.97 EPS. Linde has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.300 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.400-17.900 EPS. Research analysts expect that Linde PLC will post 16.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Linde

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Linde in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Marquette Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Linde during the third quarter worth $27,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new position in Linde in the third quarter worth $29,000. YANKCOM Partnership boosted its position in Linde by 195.2% in the third quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 62 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guerra Advisors Inc bought a new position in Linde in the 3rd quarter valued at $30,000. 82.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group raised their target price on Linde from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $516.00 price target on shares of Linde in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Linde from $540.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Mizuho set a $525.00 target price on Linde in a report on Friday, February 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $508.20.

Linde Company 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.