Atria Investments Inc Grows Position in Linde PLC $LIN

Atria Investments Inc grew its position in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 30,174 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after buying an additional 1,273 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Linde were worth $14,333,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in LIN. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Linde in the fourth quarter valued at $2,752,000. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Linde by 14.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 777 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $325,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Linde by 19.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,569 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of Linde by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 11,417 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,357,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Finally, RFG Advisory LLC raised its holdings in Linde by 28.6% in the 2nd quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 1,106 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $519,000 after purchasing an additional 246 shares during the period. 82.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

LIN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. CICC Research initiated coverage on Linde in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 price objective on the stock. Mizuho set a $525.00 price target on shares of Linde in a research note on Friday, February 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $455.00 price target on shares of Linde in a report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Linde from $540.00 to $490.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Linde from $540.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $508.20.

Linde Price Performance

LIN stock opened at $472.86 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $220.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.07 and a beta of 0.84. Linde PLC has a 52-week low of $387.78 and a 52-week high of $486.38. The business has a fifty day moving average of $435.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $447.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The basic materials company reported $4.20 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.18 by $0.02. Linde had a return on equity of 19.52% and a net margin of 20.30%.The company had revenue of $8.76 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.64 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.97 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Linde has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.300 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.400-17.900 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Linde PLC will post 16.54 earnings per share for the current year.

About Linde

Linde (NASDAQ: LIN) is a multinational industrial gases and engineering company that supplies gases, related technologies and services to a wide range of industries. The company traces its current form to the 2018 combination of Germany’s Linde AG and U.S.-based Praxair, creating one of the largest global providers of industrial, specialty and medical gases. Linde’s business model centers on production, processing and distribution of gases as well as the design and construction of the plants and equipment needed to produce them.

Core products and services include atmospheric and process gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon; hydrogen and helium; carbon dioxide; and a portfolio of higher‑value specialty and electronic gases.