FourThought Financial Partners LLC Has $1.35 Million Stock Position in Linde PLC $LIN

FourThought Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) by 335.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,849 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,195 shares during the period. FourThought Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in Linde were worth $1,353,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of LIN. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Linde by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 44,638,847 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $20,943,654,000 after purchasing an additional 292,492 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in Linde by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 9,329,728 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $4,431,639,000 after buying an additional 83,236 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Linde in the second quarter valued at approximately $3,098,772,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Linde by 4.8% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,044,833 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,897,755,000 after buying an additional 185,294 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Linde by 0.7% in the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 3,718,376 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,744,588,000 after buying an additional 24,046 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Linde

In other news, VP Guillermo Bichara sold 9,455 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $480.45, for a total transaction of $4,542,654.75. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 22,138 shares in the company, valued at $10,636,202.10. The trade was a 29.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Linde Trading Down 0.2%

Linde stock opened at $483.62 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $462.96 and a 200-day moving average of $449.90. The company has a market cap of $224.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.15, a P/E/G ratio of 3.18 and a beta of 0.82. Linde PLC has a one year low of $387.78 and a one year high of $510.65.

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

Linde Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a $1.60 dividend. This is an increase from Linde’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.50. This represents a $6.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. Linde’s dividend payout ratio is 41.12%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on LIN shares. CICC Research began coverage on shares of Linde in a report on Wednesday, December 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $510.00 price objective on the stock. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Linde from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Linde in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Erste Group Bank upgraded Linde from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Mizuho set a $525.00 price objective on Linde in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $508.20.

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.