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LINDE PLC

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$33.99B$33.01B$32.85B$33.36B$30.79B$27.24B
Operating income$8.92B$8.63B$8.02B$5.37B$4.98B$3.32B
Net income$6.90B$6.57B$6.20B$4.15B$3.83B$2.50B
Total assets$86.82B$80.15B$80.81B$79.66B$81.61B$88.23B
Total liabilities$47.08B$40.66B$39.72B$38.27B$36.16B$38.65B
Equity$38.24B$38.09B$39.72B$40.03B$44.03B$47.32B
EPS (diluted)$14.61$13.62$12.59$8.23$7.33$4.71
Shares out.472.9M481.6M492.2M507.7M522.8M533.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
26.3%
Net margin
20.3%
Return on equity
18.0%
Return on assets
7.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
12.5%
Liabilities / assets
54.2%
Debt / equity
1.23×
Book value / share
$80.87
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
5.1%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.03grey zone
Accruals / assets
−4.0%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
77
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 1 warning● 5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20267.1M3.5+15.3%
Apr 30, 20266.1M3.2-8.3%
Apr 15, 20266.7M3.5-5.5%
Mar 31, 20267.1M2.5+27.1%
Mar 13, 20265.6M2.0-2.6%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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