LINDE INC
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY17 | FY16 | FY15 | FY14 | FY13 | FY12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.73B | $2.51B | $10.78B | $12.27B | $11.93B | $11.22B |
| Operating income | $582.0M | $554.0M | $2.32B | $2.61B | $2.63B | $2.44B |
| Net income | $389.0M | $356.0M | $1.55B | $1.69B | $1.75B | $1.69B |
| Total assets | $20.44B | $19.33B | $18.32B | $19.77B | $20.22B | $18.09B |
| Total liabilities | $13.91B | $13.88B | $13.41B | $13.58B | $12.95B | $11.42B |
| Equity | $6.02B | $5.02B | $4.39B | $5.62B | $6.61B | $6.06B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.35 | $1.24 | $5.35 | $5.73 | $5.87 | $5.61 |
| Shares out. | 285.1M | 284.8M | 288.8M | 294.0M | 296.2M | 298.4M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2017- Operating margin
- 21.3%
- Net margin
- 14.3%
- Return on equity
- 6.5%
- Return on assets
- 1.9%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 3.4%
- Liabilities / assets
- 68.1%
- Debt / equity
- 2.31×
- Book value / share
- $21.11
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 8.7%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- 9.3%
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 · FY2017- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 2.75safe
- Accruals / assets
- −13.0%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/9mixed
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 ScoreOur 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
● 5 good- Operating margin is positive
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
- Altman Z″ in the safe zone
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leboeuf Raymond WDirector | Oct 31, 2018 | D | 16,097.101 | $0.00 |
| Smith Wayne TDirector | Oct 31, 2018 | D | 21,058.88 | $0.00 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Results of operationsNov 9, 2018
- Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylawsOct 31, 2018
- Director / officer changeOct 22, 2018
- Other material eventOct 22, 2018
- Item 5.04Sep 7, 2018
- Results of operationsJul 26, 2018
- Entered a material agreementJul 10, 2018
- Results of operationsApr 26, 2018
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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