Erste Group Bank Forecasts Linde FY2027 Earnings

Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) – Equities research analysts at Erste Group Bank issued their FY2027 EPS estimates for Linde in a report released on Wednesday, February 18th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $19.45 per share for the year. Erste Group Bank has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Linde’s current full-year earnings is $16.54 per share.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. Linde had a return on equity of 19.52% and a net margin of 20.30%.The company had revenue of $8.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.64 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.97 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Linde has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.300 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.400-17.900 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Linde from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $516.00 price target on shares of Linde in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. UBS Group upped 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 issued a $455.00 target price on shares of Linde in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, CICC Research started coverage on Linde in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 target price for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $508.20.

Linde Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of LIN stock opened at $496.51 on Monday. Linde has a fifty-two week low of $387.78 and a fifty-two week high of $498.35. 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 stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $446.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $448.17. The company has a market cap of $231.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.03, a PEG ratio of 3.26 and a beta of 0.84.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Linde in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Marquette Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Linde during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Triumph Capital Management raised its position in shares of Linde by 69.2% in the 4th quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 66 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership lifted its stake in shares of Linde by 195.2% in 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 period. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new position in shares of Linde in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Linde

In other Linde news, VP Guillermo Bichara sold 9,455 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $480.45, for a total value of $4,542,654.75. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 22,138 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,636,202.10. The trade was a 29.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.