Linde

LIN

Market cap $235B

WOKING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) has published its 2025 Sustainable Development Report, highlighting measurable progress against its sustainability commitments and the growing impact of its technologies in supporting customers' decarbonization efforts. In 2025, Linde reduced absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 10% versus its 2021 baseline and increased the share of electricity from low-carbon and renewable sources to 50%, advancing toward its 2035 emissions reduction targe.

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Linde (LIN) remains a best-in-class industrial with robust margins, 33 years of dividend growth, and disciplined capital allocation. Q1'26 results reinforced business resilience: 10% EPS growth, 30% margins, and $1.5B returned to shareholders, despite only 1% underlying volume growth. Secular tailwinds in electronics, aerospace, and helium offer long-term upside, but near-term volume recovery is not yet visible, especially in EMEA.

WOKING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) today announced it has been included in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (previously known as Dow Jones Sustainability Indices) for the 23rd consecutive year. The Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index comprises global sustainability leaders as identified by S&P Global through the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). It represents the top 10% of the largest 2,500 companies in the S&P Global BMI based on long-term economic, envi.

LIN's bottom line beat Q1 estimates as pricing and project start-ups drive growth, with revenues up 8% and EPS rising 10% year over year.

Linde plc (LIN) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Linde (LIN) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.