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Linde LIN Free cash flow 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$238.5B+4.3%
Enterprise value$265.68B+5.6%
P/E33.7×-0.9×
P/S6.9×0.0×

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.

free cash flow/market cap=2.2%

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 free cash flow yield?
Linde (LIN) reported free cash flow yield of 2.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Linde's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Linde's free cash flow yield decreased by 0.5% year-over-year, from 2.2% to 2.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Linde's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Linde's free cash flow yield has grown at a -9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.2% to 9.4%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.