NASD · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United Kingdom
Linde Plc is a mega cap company (market value over $200 billion) in the Specialty Chemicals industry.
Linde is the world's largest industrial gas company, producing atmospheric gases like oxygen and nitrogen, and process gases including hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The company designs and manufactures equipment for gas production and operates distribution networks serving healthcare, chemicals, manufacturing, metals, and food industries globally. Linde also provides engineering services for plants and carbon management solutions.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Linde Plc stock.
Overvalued: intrinsic value $213.94 per share, market price $503.44, margin of safety -135.3% (as of 2026-10-19).
Discounting its cash flows at 8.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $213.94; the price of $503.44 is 135% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score: 49/100 on 12 of 12 signals (On Watch).
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27 more in this industry show a wider margin of safety.
LIN is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Discounting its cash flows at 8.6% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $213.94; the price of $503.44 is 135% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.
$213.94 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $503.44. That is a margin of safety of -135.3%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
The price needs faster growth than we project for any company. It is betting on an exception. Yearly sales growth the price needs: 33.2%. Yearly sales growth it has sustained: 3.0%.
49 out of 100, which we rate "On Watch", on 12 of 12 value investing signals.