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Business Insider
18-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Linde (LIN): New Buy Recommendation for This Basic Materials Giant
RBC Capital analyst Arun Viswanathan maintained a Buy rating on Linde yesterday and set a price target of $576.00. The company's shares closed yesterday at $461.29. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. Viswanathan covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as DuPont de Nemours, PPG Industries, and FMC. According to TipRanks, Viswanathan has an average return of -3.6% and a 45.24% success rate on recommended stocks. In addition to RBC Capital, Linde also received a Buy from TR | OpenAI – 4o's Dorian Reaxon in a report issued on July 16. However, on July 9, UBS maintained a Hold rating on Linde (NASDAQ: LIN). LIN market cap is currently $216.8B and has a P/E ratio of 33.42. Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of LIN in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2025, Sean Durbin, the Executive VP, North America of LIN sold 7,261.00 shares for a total of $3,314,048.71.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
What to Expect From Linde's Q2 2025 Earnings Report
Woking, the United Kingdom-based Linde plc (LIN) is a leading industrial gas company with a market cap of $220.7 billion. It serves a range of industries, including healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics. It is scheduled to announce its fiscal Q2 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Friday, Aug. 1. Prior to this event, analysts project this industrial gas giant to report a profit of $4.03 per share, up 4.7% from $3.85 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has a solid trajectory of consistently beating Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in each of the last four quarters. Its earnings of $3.95 per share in the previous quarter marginally topped the consensus estimates. Shopify Stock is a Bargain - How to Make a 3.2% One-Month Yield with SHOP Tariffs, Inflation and Other Key Things to Watch this Week Stocks Set to Open Lower as Trump Ratchets Up Tariff Threats, U.S. Inflation Data and Big Bank Earnings Awaited Our exclusive Barchart Brief newsletter is your FREE midday guide to what's moving stocks, sectors, and investor sentiment - delivered right when you need the info most. Subscribe today! For the full year, analysts expect LIN to report EPS of $16.43, up 5.9% from $15.51 in fiscal 2024. Its EPS is expected to further grow 7.9% year-over-year to $17.72 in fiscal 2026. LIN has outpaced the Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund's (XLB) 2.1% return over the past 52 weeks, with its shares up 7.8%. However, it has lagged behind the S&P 500 Index's ($SPX) 12.1% uptick over the same time frame. On May 1, shares of LIN plunged 1.1% after its Q1 earnings release. The company's revenue slightly improved year-over-year to $8.1 billion as a rise in sales from the Americas region was primarily offset by lower revenue from the APAC and EMEA regions. Meanwhile, its adjusted EPS of $3.95 improved 5.3% from the year-ago quarter and marginally topped the consensus estimates. Its adjusted EBITDA also grew 3.1% from the same period last year, reaching $3.2 billion, with a 110 basis-point adjusted EBITDA margin expansion. Wall Street analysts are highly optimistic about LIN's stock, with a "Strong Buy" rating overall. Among 25 analysts covering the stock, 18 recommend "Strong Buy," two indicate "Moderate Buy," and five advise "Hold.' The mean price target for LIN is $509.83, which indicates an 8.7% potential upside from the current levels. On the date of publication, Neharika Jain did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Linde Stock Holds Price Target as UBS Highlights AI, Hydrogen, and Growth Sectors
Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) ranks among the best set-it-and-forget-it stocks to buy. On June 27, UBS maintained its $485 price target and Neutral rating on Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) following the industrial gas company's recent investor event, which focused on its investments in low-carbon hydrogen, the use of artificial intelligence, and technology investments aimed at faster-growing markets like the food, electronics, and aerospace sectors. Throughout the presentation, Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) management stressed safety and dependability procedures that boost productivity, according to UBS. A tour of the company's Clear Lake facility also highlighted five years of operational lessons learned from operating an autothermal reformer, of which there are about 30 across the globe. UBS emphasized that Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) is well-positioned for future project opportunities due to its network of gas production, pipelines, and storage throughout the US Gulf Coast, which includes the largest hydrogen cavern in the region. Linde plc (NASDAQ:LIN) is a global engineering and industrial gases company that generates and delivers process gases, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, as well as related equipment and technologies. While we acknowledge the potential of LIN as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. Read More: and Disclosure: None.
Business Insider
27-06-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
UBS Keeps Their Hold Rating on Linde (LIN)
UBS analyst Joshua Spector maintained a Hold rating on Linde (LIN – Research Report) today and set a price target of $485.00. The company's shares closed yesterday at $464.46. Confident Investing Starts Here: Spector covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as Eastman Chemical, International Flavors & Fragrances, and Methanex. According to TipRanks, Spector has an average return of 0.5% and a 52.23% success rate on recommended stocks. In addition to UBS, Linde also received a Hold from Seaport Global's Michael Harrison CFA in a report issued yesterday. However, on June 25, Wells Fargo reiterated a Buy rating on Linde (NASDAQ: LIN). Based on Linde's latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $8.11 billion and a net profit of $1.67 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $8.1 billion and had a net profit of $1.63 billion Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of LIN in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Sean Durbin, the Executive VP, North America of LIN sold 7,261.00 shares for a total of $3,314,048.71.
Business Insider
04-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Linde (LIN) Receives a Hold from Kepler Capital
In a report released on May 2, Martin Roediger from Kepler Capital maintained a Hold rating on Linde (LIN – Research Report), with a price target of $490.00. The company's shares closed last Friday at $454.95. Protect Your Portfolio Against Market Uncertainty Discover companies with rock-solid fundamentals in TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter. Receive undervalued stocks, resilient to market uncertainty, delivered straight to your inbox. According to TipRanks, Roediger is ranked #1022 out of 9371 analysts. Linde has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $497.27, representing a 9.30% upside. In a report released on May 1, UBS also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $485.00 price target. Based on Linde's latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $8.11 billion and a net profit of $1.67 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $8.1 billion and had a net profit of $1.63 billion Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 35 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of LIN in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2025, Robert L. Wood, a Director at LIN sold 2,900.00 shares for a total of $1,323,154.00.
