Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) Updates Q1 2026 Earnings Guidance

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) updated its first quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.200-4.300 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.240. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Linde also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 17.400-17.900 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on LIN. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Linde in a research report on Monday, December 29th. CICC Research began coverage on Linde in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 price target for the company. Citigroup raised their price objective on Linde from $520.00 to $540.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $516.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Mizuho set a $495.00 price target on Linde in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Linde currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $501.75.

Linde Stock Performance

Shares of Linde stock opened at $473.33 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $429.29 and a two-hundred day moving average of $447.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $221.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.70, a PEG ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 0.82. Linde has a 52 week low of $387.78 and a 52 week high of $486.38.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Linde

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of LIN. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of Linde in the fourth quarter worth $2,752,000. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its holdings in Linde by 19.3% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 897 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $421,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Linde by 19.8% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,569 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $736,000 after acquiring an additional 259 shares during the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management acquired a new position in Linde during the third quarter valued at approximately $238,000. Finally, TRUE Private Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in Linde during the third quarter worth $303,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

About Linde

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.