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Linde plc (LIN) stock score

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United Kingdom

$483.73 ▲ +0.42% today

96.5
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

Linde plc (LIN) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed in the United Kingdom. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 96.5 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 96% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Basic Materials it ranks #17 of 397. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and price action; its weakest is risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Strong
Growth
Average
Price action
Strong
Risk
Weak
Conviction
Above average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Above average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)31.0×
P/E (forward)24.5×
Dividend yield1.32%
Return on capital13.1%
Operating margin28.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.0%
FCF yield2.1%
Net debt / EBITDA1.67×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change+3.7%
Market cap$221.0B
Next earningsOct 30, 2026

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Specialty Chemicals peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company37.1weak$77.6B
ECLEcolab Inc.39.1weak$76.7B
APDAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.30.4weak$61.8B
PPGPPG Industries, Inc.62.5middling$23.4B
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances14.4poor$21.0B
LYBLyondellBasell Industries N.V.28.3weak$18.9B
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile51.9middling$18.4B
DDDuPont de Nemours, Inc.93.9strong$17.5B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.