Cambient Family Office LLC Buys New Shares in Linde PLC $LIN

Cambient Family Office LLC acquired a new position in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 1,117 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $476,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capital International Investors increased its stake in shares of Linde by 20.1% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 7,610,387 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $3,245,255,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275,477 shares during the last quarter. S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Linde by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC now owns 27,341 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $11,658,000 after purchasing an additional 2,234 shares in the last quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd raised its position in shares of Linde by 45.5% in the third quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 236,206 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $112,198,000 after purchasing an additional 73,850 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp raised its position in shares of Linde by 143.4% in the fourth quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 15,044 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $6,415,000 after purchasing an additional 8,863 shares during the period. Finally, J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lifted its stake in shares of Linde by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG now owns 83,262 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $35,493,000 after buying an additional 2,408 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Linde Price Performance

Shares of LIN stock opened at $512.15 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $236.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.01, a PEG ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 0.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is $506.46 and its 200 day moving average is $475.27. Linde PLC has a twelve month low of $387.78 and a twelve month high of $525.87. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $4.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.27 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $8.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.60 billion. Linde had a net margin of 20.44% and a return on equity of 19.80%. Linde’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.95 earnings per share. Linde has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.600-17.900 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.400-4.500 EPS. Research analysts expect that Linde PLC will post 17.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a $1.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Linde’s payout ratio is 42.50%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Weiss Ratings raised Linde from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $575.00 price target on shares of Linde in a report on Monday, May 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Linde from $525.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Seaport Research Partners increased their price target on shares of Linde from $525.00 to $575.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Linde has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $541.91.

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.