Linde plc Ordinary Shares (LIN) Analyst Ratings & Price Targets

Linde plc Ordinary Shares

LIN · Nasdaq

Analyst Consensus

Buy

21 analysts

$464

Current

$580

Low

$552

Average

$580

High

Average target implies +18.75% versus the current price.

Analyst Ratings Synthesis

The supplied consensus is Buy across 21 analysts, with a stated low target of $580, mean of $553 and high of $580; because the stated low and high are identical and both exceed the mean, the range is internally inconsistent and does not support a reliable target cluster or spread. Separate supplied sources show materially different aggregates, including $511.10 from 23 analysts, $531.61 from eight and $544.54 from 27. Citigroup is the most bullish named analyst at $585, while Morgan Stanley is the least bullish at $420. Revisions were mixed: Bernstein SocGen cut its target, while an unnamed aggregate target was raised. The substantive disagreement centers on project execution, soft guidance, CapEx and peer momentum versus steady cash flow and backlog.

Rating Actions

2 firms captured

Firm	Analyst	Rating	Price Target	Upside	Date	Source
Citigroup	—	Unrated Lowered price target	$580from $600	+24.9%	Aug 3, 2026	Open the report this row came from
RBC Capital	Arun Viswanathan	Unrated Maintained rating; lowered price target	$553from $576	+19.1%	Oct 3, 2023	Open the report this row came from

Rating actions are extracted from published reporting. Each row links to its source.

Research Reports

Links to freely available third-party research. Outlook labels are our classification of each article's stance, not a rating of our own.

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Symbol: LIN
Type: Stock
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Exchange: Nasdaq

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

Key Issues

Bullish view

Linde’s record results and robust project backlog indicate that disciplined execution can sustain growth despite softer near-term third-quarter guidance.

Bearish view

The softer guidance suggests demand or project timing is becoming less supportive, and the stock’s decline indicates investors are reassessing the durability of recent operating momentum.

Analyst Consensus

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Buy

21 analysts

$464

Current

$580

Low

$552

Average

$580

High

Average target implies +18.75% versus the current price.

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