Deferred Revenue
Linde Deferred Revenue decreased by 98.0% to $1.23B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 3.1%, from $1.19B to $1.23B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows a downward trend with a -7.0% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $46.00B | $54.00B | $2.94B | $51.00B | $51.00B | $52.00B | $3.07B | $48.00B | $47.00B | $47.00B | $1.90B | $48.00B | $50.00B | $59.00B | $1.19B | $58.00B | $61.00B | $62.00B | $1.23B |
| QoQ Change | — | +17.4% | -94.6% | >999% | +0.0% | +2.0% | -94.1% | >999% | -2.1% | +0.0% | -96.0% | >999% | +4.2% | +18.0% | -98.0% | >999% | +5.2% | +1.6% | -98.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +10.9% | -3.7% | +4.5% | -5.9% | -7.8% | -9.6% | -38.1% | +0.0% | +6.4% | +25.5% | -37.2% | +20.8% | +22.0% | +5.1% | +3.1% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Linde's deferred revenue?
- Linde (LIN) reported deferred revenue of $1.23B in Q4 2025.
- How has Linde's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Linde's deferred revenue increased by 3.1% year-over-year, from $1.19B to $1.23B.
- What is the long-term trend for Linde's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Linde's deferred revenue has grown at a -7.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.77B to $1.23B.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.