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Linde LIN Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.8B+8.3%
Gross profit$4.3B+7.7%
Operating income$2.4B+11.7%
Net income$1.9B+11.0%
EPS (diluted)$3.98+13.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.0B-25.2%
Total debt$31.1B+9.8%
Total equity$38.6B+1.4%
Total assets$86.3B+4.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.2B+3.7%
CapEx$1.3B+5.7%
Free cash flow$898.0M+0.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$236.79B+4.3%
Enterprise value$263.97B+5.6%
P/E33.4×-0.9×
P/S6.8×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin48.8%+0.5pp
Operating margin26.5%+0.1pp
Net margin20.4%+0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.5%+1.3pp
Debt / equity0.8×+0.1×
Current ratio0.8×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Linde’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=3.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Linde’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Linde's earnings yield?
Linde (LIN) reported earnings yield of 3.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Linde's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Linde's earnings yield increased by 2.7% year-over-year, from 3% to 3.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Linde's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Linde's earnings yield has grown at a 9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.8% to 12.7%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.