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LIN Financials Linde

10 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 4.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (22.5% vs 4.5% per year).
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 26.3% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 4.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($27.0B) exceeds cash ($5.1B); net debt is $21.9B.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (10.8% vs 4.5% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 35× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 2.1× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 10 consecutive years, consuming 40.8% of earnings and 55.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 6.7% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $17B $34B 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 18% 35% 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $3B $7B 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $13B $27B 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$8B $1B $10B $0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $34.0B $6.9B 0.0% 26.3% $5.1B $27.0B $5.1B
2024 $33.0B $6.6B 0.0% 26.2% $4.9B $21.6B $4.8B
2023 $32.9B $6.2B 0.0% 24.4% $5.5B $19.4B $4.7B
2022 $33.4B $4.1B 0.0% 16.1% $5.7B $17.9B $5.4B
2021 $30.8B $3.8B 0.0% 16.2% $6.6B $14.2B $2.8B
2020 $27.2B $2.5B 0.0% 12.2% $4.0B $16.2B $3.8B
2019 $28.2B $2.3B 0.0% 10.4% $14.0B $2.7B
2018 $14.8B $4.4B 0.0% 35.4% $15.3B $4.5B
2017 $11.4B $1.2B 0.0% 21.5% $9.0B $617M
2016 $10.5B $1.5B 0.0% 21.3% $524M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced LIN against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 23.1 46.2 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 3.6 7.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.7 1.4 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is LIN growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Linde's revenue has grown 4.5% per year, and net income grown 22.5% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does LIN have?

As of FY2025, Linde reported $27.0B of total debt against $5.1B of cash; operating income covered interest expense 35×.

What is LIN's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 26.3%, and net margin 20.3%.

What is LIN's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Linde traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 35.0× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.