LINDE ($LIN) posted quarterly earnings results for Q1 2026 on Friday, May 1st. The company reported earnings of $4.33 per share, beating estimates of $4.31 by $0.02. The company also reported revenue of $8,781,000,000, beating estimates of $8,666,386,577 by $114,613,423.
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LINDE Insider Trading Activity
LINDE insiders have traded $LIN stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LIN stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- GUILLERMO BICHARA (Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 13,812 shares for an estimated $6,637,456.
- SEAN DURBIN (EVP, Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 6,520 shares for an estimated $3,111,829.
- SANJIV LAMBA (Chief Executive Officer) purchased 2,520 shares for an estimated $999,633
- BINOD PATWARI (Senior Vice President - APAC) sold 999 shares for an estimated $502,262
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LINDE Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,018 institutional investors add shares of LINDE stock to their portfolio, and 977 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 9,031,735 shares (-85.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $3,851,041,486
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 8,974,022 shares (-68.1%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $3,826,433,240
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 2,080,107 shares (-28.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $886,936,823
- FMR LLC removed 1,686,539 shares (-13.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $719,123,364
- CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD removed 1,558,022 shares (-46.6%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $664,325,000
- AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO removed 1,318,698 shares (-99.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $655,584,117
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 1,275,477 shares (+20.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $543,850,638
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LINDE Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $LIN stock 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $LIN stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 03/26, 02/18 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/09, 12/19 and 0 sales.
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LINDE Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $LIN in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/21/2026
- CICC issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/03/2025
- Seaport Global issued a "Buy" rating on 11/03/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for LINDE, check out Quiver Quantitative's $LIN forecast page.
LINDE Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $LIN recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $LIN in the last 6 months, with a median target of $563.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Arun Viswanathan from RBC Capital set a target price of $552.0 on 04/24/2026
- Michael J. Harrison from Seaport Global set a target price of $575.0 on 04/17/2026
- Patrick Cunningham from Citigroup set a target price of $580.0 on 04/13/2026
- Joshua Spector from UBS set a target price of $579.0 on 04/09/2026
- Jeffrey Zekauskas from JP Morgan set a target price of $525.0 on 03/13/2026
- Shanshan Shen from CICC set a target price of $510.0 on 12/03/2025
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