Linde EMEA — Fixed costs and other increased by 3.4% to $490.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 14.2%, from $429.00M to $490.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), EMEA — Fixed costs and other shows relatively stable performance with a 2.5% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Lower fixed costs relative to revenue indicate better operating leverage and cost control.
This represents the overhead and operational expenses within the EMEA segment that remain relatively constant regardless...
Standard operating expense category for geographic business units.
lin_segment_emea_fixed_costs_and_other| 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 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $433.75M | $433.75M | $433.75M | $433.75M | $450.50M | $450.50M | $450.50M | $450.50M | $447.00M | $453.00M | $462.00M | $441.00M | $429.00M | $480.00M | $487.00M | $474.00M | $490.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +3.9% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -0.8% | +1.3% | +2.0% | -4.5% | -2.7% | +11.9% | +1.5% | -2.7% | +3.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +3.9% | +3.9% | +3.9% | +3.9% | -0.8% | +0.6% | +2.6% | -2.1% | -4.0% | +6.0% | +5.4% | +7.5% | +14.2% |