AI-extracted from the 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 — Q2 2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.
Q2 sales rose 9% to $9,289M on 2% price and 2% volume gains, but cost of sales climbed to 52.3% of sales, trimming adjusted operating margin to 29.5% from 30.1%.
Biggest Revenue Drivers
Americas$4,083M+7% YoY
Higher pricing +2% and volumes +2% driven by electronics and manufacturing end markets, plus 2% currency translation.
EMEA$2,303M+7% YoY
Currency +3% and price +2%; volumes decreased sales by 1% primarily driven by the manufacturing end market.
Biggest Revenue Drivers
Total revenue: $9.3B+9% YoY
Americas$4,083M+7% YoY
Higher pricing +2% and volumes +2% driven by electronics and manufacturing end markets, plus 2% currency translation.
EMEA$2,303M+7% YoY
Currency +3% and price +2%; volumes decreased sales by 1% primarily driven by the manufacturing end market.
APAC$1,870M+13% YoY
Volumes increased sales 6% primarily driven by new project start-ups and equipment sales; currency added 3%.
Engineering$625M+13% YoY
Increase primarily due to project timing; currency translation increased sales by 2%.
Other$408M+30% YoY
Higher volume/price and pass-through costs in Linde Advanced Material Technologies (LAMT).
Largest Expense Items
Cost of sales, excluding D&A$4,861M+13% YoY
Currency translation and cost inflation, partially offset by productivity gains; 52.3% of sales versus 50.7%.
Depreciation and amortization$963M+2% YoY
Excluding currency, underlying increase largely driven by new project start-ups.
Selling, general and administrative$891M+2% YoY
Currency added roughly $16 million; remaining increase driven primarily by higher costs. SG&A fell to 9.6% of sales.
Research and development$37Mvs $38M prior year
Essentially flat year over year.
Margins: Reported operating margin slipped to 27.5% from 27.7% and adjusted margin to 29.5% from 30.1%, as pricing, productivity and currency were offset by cost inflation and higher cost pass-through.
Watch Items from the Filing
Russia exposure: $1.8B of liabilities recorded, including a $1.1B RusChemAlliance contingent liability and $0.7B for Amur GPP contract matters.
Guarantor banks on the RCA GPP and LNG projects asserted reimbursement claims against Linde GmbH in Germany totaling approximately €0.8 billion.
EMEA volumes declined 1% in the quarter and 2% year-to-date, primarily driven by the manufacturing end market.
Sale-of-gas backlog was approximately $8.1B and remaining performance obligations about $64B; capital expenditures rose to $2,780M year-to-date.
$5.6B remains authorized under the 2023 $15.0B buyback; 1,732 thousand shares repurchased in the quarter at an average $504.02.
AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.
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About LINDE PLC (LIN): stock profile, AI score and financials
LINDE PLC (LIN) stock profile, AI quality score, and SEC EDGAR financial data, a Materials sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores LIN at 66.7/100 on a composite quality score built from its SEC filings, placing it at rank #393 of 2,925 stocks — the top 25% of the AI-ranked universe. Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q2 2026), LINDE PLC reports quarterly revenue of $9.3B, net income of $1.9B, an operating margin of 27.5%. Top institutional holders of LIN by reported 13-F value include BlackRock, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, STATE STREET, based on the most recent SEC filings. LIN trades on the Nasdaq exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 1707925. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate LIN daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for LINDE PLC directly from SEC EDGAR.