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Linde Plc (NASDAQ: LIN) closed the day trading at $449.53 up 0.29% from the previous closing price of $448.21. In other words, the price has increased by $0.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.06 million shares were traded. LIN stock price reached its highest trading level at $451.04 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $442.07.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LIN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 43.83 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 43.16. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.76 and its Current Ratio is at 0.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.59 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.42.
On April 18, 2024, Mizuho Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $510.
Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on April 10, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $475 to $500.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 11 ’25 when Bichara Guillermo sold 4,833 shares for $461.65 per share. The transaction valued at 2,231,154 led to the insider holds 22,778 shares of the business.
Bichara Guillermo bought 4,833 shares of LIN for $2,231,154 on Mar 11 ’25. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, Strauss David P, who serves as the Executive VP, Chief HR Officer of the company, sold 2,477 shares for $469.74 each. As a result, the insider received 1,163,546 and left with 1,300 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LIN now has a Market Capitalization of 212588134400 and an Enterprise Value of 231742963712. As of this moment, Linde’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 33.01, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.95. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.021 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.292.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LIN is 1.00, which has changed by 0.014328241 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07545352 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LIN has reached a high of $487.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $408.65. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.00%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LIN traded about 2.44M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LIN traded about 2220450 shares per day. A total of 473.24M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 469.38M. Insiders hold about 0.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 83.72% stake in the company. Shares short for LIN as of 1743379200 were 5653608 with a Short Ratio of 2.32, compared to 1740700800 on 5554822. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5653608 and a Short% of Float of 1.2.
Dividends & Splits
LIN’s forward annual dividend rate is 5.67, up from 5.56 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0124049The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.37. The current Payout Ratio is 40.83% for LIN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-13 with an ex-dividend date of 1741824000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-12-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
