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Linde plc
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What Linde plc is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $35.5 billion, up 6.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $4.98 billion, down 1.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $5.51 billion, up 14% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $4.60 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $5.15 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 31, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 25, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net buyers in Q3 2026: $0.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 2,333 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+64 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 24 (38 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Linde plc is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending38th pct
- Debt raised45th pct
- Buybacks vs capex75th pct
- Hiring filings66th pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications51st pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment38th pct
- Call confidence36th pct
- Guidance changes92nd pct
- Risk factors added67th pct
- Insider open-market trades73rd pct
- + Guidance changes
- + Insider open-market trades
- − Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver40th pct
- Stress filings47th pct
Credit
How these are built →Linde plc's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$32.9B
- Due within a year $12.2B
- Longer term $20.7B
- Default point $22.5B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (RIDGELINE ADVOCACY GROUP LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LINDE INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Sep 29, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Jul 30, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jul 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (RIDGELINE ADVOCACY GROUP LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LINDE INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LINDE INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Feb 25, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 3, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Sep 29, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 7, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 1, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 26, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 4, 20248-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Dec 2, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 4, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 28, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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| Air Products APD | $12.6B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
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| CRH plc CRH | $38.6B | — | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Dow Inc. DOW | $39.3B | −$0.2B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Smurfit Westrock SW | $31.3B | $1.0B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| LyondellBasell LYB | $31.2B | $1.6B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Newmont NEM | $25.8B | $9.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Freeport-McMoRan FCX | $25.3B | $1.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |