What is the 13F Pro Quality Score for LIN?

13F Pro ranks LINDE PLC (LIN) on the 13F Pro Quality Score, a 0–100 composite of 32 fundamental signals including return on invested capital, free cash flow consistency, balance-sheet strength, earnings quality, growth durability, and valuation discipline. The score refreshes after each 10-K and 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. View LIN's current score at https://13fpro.ai/company/LIN (free sign-up required for the full ranking).

Which hedge funds own the most LIN stock?

Based on the most recent Form 13F-HR filings on SEC EDGAR, the largest reported institutional holders of LIN include BlackRock,, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, STATE STREET. Holdings are reported quarterly within 45 days of quarter-end and updated on https://13fpro.ai/company/LIN as soon as new 13F filings post.

Where does 13F Pro source LIN data?

All LINDE PLC fundamentals and ownership data come directly from SEC EDGAR. LINDE PLC files with the SEC under CIK 1707925. 13F Pro ingests XBRL financial facts from 10-K and 10-Q filings, Form 13F-HR institutional holdings, and Form 4 insider transactions, with no third-party rewrites or estimates.

What sector is LIN in?

LINDE PLC (LIN) is classified in the Materials sector. 13F Pro publishes sector-level fund flow analysis and quality leaders at https://13fpro.ai/research/sector/materials.

What drives LIN's revenue?

Per LINDE PLC's latest 10-Q filed with the SEC on 2026-07-31, the biggest revenue drivers are: Americas ($4,083M, +7% YoY); EMEA ($2,303M, +7% YoY); APAC ($1,870M, +13% YoY). Figures are extracted from the filing text and machine-verified against the document. Full breakdown at https://13fpro.ai/company/LIN.

What are LIN's largest expenses?

LINDE PLC's latest 10-Q reports these as the largest expense items: Cost of sales, excluding D&A ($4,861M, +13% YoY); Depreciation and amortization ($963M, +2% YoY); Selling, general and administrative ($891M, +2% YoY). Sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filing text for Q2 2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026).

How often is LIN research updated on 13F Pro?

LIN's fundamentals refresh within hours of each new 10-K or 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. Institutional ownership updates after each quarterly 13F filing window. Insider transactions update after each Form 4 filing. The 13F Pro Quality Score recalculates after every fundamentals refresh.

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13F Pro Quality Score

67.3/100

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Why LIN Scores 67/100

exact factor attribution · 2026-09-11

LIN's composite is driven by scale and profitability, held back by revenue growth. Bars show each factor's exact push vs. a median company, using the same weights the ranking engine applies.

Scale

+6.8 pts

95th pct

Profitability

+4.4 pts

79th pct

Capital efficiency

+3.1 pts

81th pct

Free cash flow

+2.1 pts

64th pct

Institutional flow

+1.3 pts

76th pct

Shareholder dilution

+1.1 pts

72th pct

Earnings quality

+0.6 pts

56th pct

Earnings growth

+0.2 pts

53th pct

Revenue growth

-2.2 pts

39th pct

Factor percentiles are cross-sectional ranks across the ~2,800-stock scored universe, computed from SEC EDGAR filings. Not investment advice.

LIN Stock Analysis & AI Quality Score

Data updated 2026-09-11

AI stock analysis and institutional research for LINDE PLC (LIN), a Materials sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores LIN at 67.3/100 on a 32-signal composite quality model, placing it at rank #369 of 2,961 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. LINDE PLC's 13F Pro composite quality score has ranged between 65 and 72 since 2026, currently 67.3 — a declining long-term trajectory across 48 quarterly and live scoring snapshots.

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Fun facts about LINDE PLC

Quirks, history, and lore behind LIN — the kind of stuff that makes a stock memorable.

1
The Basics
A mega-cap industrial company in the materials sector, listed on the NYSE, with operations spanning over 100 countries.
2
The Numbers
Annual revenue of roughly $33 billion, making it one of the largest companies in its industry on Earth — yet most people couldn't tell you what it sells.
3
The History
The product of a 2018 mega-merger between a German giant and an American rival, creating the world's largest player in an industry that dates back to the Industrial Revolution.
4
The Secret
It is the world's largest producer of industrial gases — think oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and argon — piped directly into factories and hospitals around the globe.
5
The Lore
Its gases keep steel mills, semiconductor fabs, and hospital ventilators running; without it, modern manufacturing and medicine would quite literally stop breathing.
6
The Giveaway
Born from the union of Praxair and Linde AG, this company's ticker is three letters that also happen to be a perfectly common English word meaning to attach or bind.

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What's Driving LIN's Business? Latest 10-Q Breakdown

✓ 30/30 datapoints verified

AI-extracted from LINDE PLC's 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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Revenue

Q2 2026

$9.3B

Net Income

Q2 2026

$1.9B

Free Cash Flow

Q2 2026

$833.0M

Operating Margin

Q2 2026

27.5%

ROIC

Q2 2026

15.2%

D/E Ratio

Q2 2026

0.72

Period

Revenue & Net Income

Earnings Per Share

Key Financials Over Time

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Revenue

+3.0% YoY

$33.99BFY 2025

FY22 $33.36BFY23 $32.85BFY24 $33.01BFY25 $33.99B

Net Income

+5.1% YoY

$6.90BFY 2025

FY22 $4.15BFY23 $6.20BFY24 $6.57BFY25 $6.90B

Operating Income

+3.3% YoY

$8.92BFY 2025

FY22 $5.37BFY23 $8.02BFY24 $8.63BFY25 $8.92B

EPS (Diluted)

+7.3% YoY

$14.61FY 2025

FY22 $8.23FY23 $12.59FY24 $13.62FY25 $14.61

Total Assets

+8.3% YoY

$86.82BFY 2025

FY22 $79.66BFY23 $80.81BFY24 $80.15BFY25 $86.82B

Total Debt

+24.8% YoY

$26.99BFY 2025

FY22 $17.91BFY23 $19.37BFY24 $21.62BFY25 $26.99B

Op. Cash Flow

+9.8% YoY

$10.35BFY 2025

FY22 $8.86BFY23 $9.30BFY24 $9.42BFY25 $10.35B

Free Cash Flow

+3.3% YoY

$5.09BFY 2025

FY22 $5.69BFY23 $5.52BFY24 $4.93BFY25 $5.09B

Metric	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Revenue	$33.99B +3.0%	$33.01B +0.5%	$32.85B -1.5%	$33.36B +8.3%	$30.79B +13.0%	$27.24B
Net Income	$6.90B +5.1%	$6.57B +5.9%	$6.20B +49.5%	$4.15B +8.4%	$3.83B +53.0%	$2.50B
Operating Income	$8.92B +3.3%	$8.63B +7.6%	$8.02B +49.5%	$5.37B +7.7%	$4.98B +50.0%	$3.32B
EPS (Diluted)	$14.61 +7.3%	$13.62 +8.2%	$12.59 +53.0%	$8.23 +12.3%	$7.33 +55.6%	$4.71
Total Assets	$86.82B +8.3%	$80.15B -0.8%	$80.81B +1.4%	$79.66B -2.4%	$81.61B -7.5%	$88.23B
Total Debt	$26.99B +24.8%	$21.62B +11.6%	$19.37B +8.1%	$17.91B +26.1%	$14.21B -12.1%	$16.15B
Operating Cash Flow	$10.35B +9.8%	$9.42B +1.3%	$9.30B +5.0%	$8.86B -8.9%	$9.72B +30.9%	$7.43B
Free Cash Flow	$5.09B +3.3%	$4.93B -10.7%	$5.52B -3.0%	$5.69B -14.3%	$6.64B +64.8%	$4.03B

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Top Institutional Holders of LIN

BlackRock, Inc.
$19.4B37,301,875 sh
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
$15.7B30,208,556 sh
STATE STREET CORP
$10.6B20,344,181 sh
Capital Research Global Investors
$9.0B17,430,716 sh
Invesco Ltd.
$8.0B15,321,341 sh
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
$6.5B12,466,679 sh
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
$6.2B11,943,013 sh
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/
$6.1B11,832,240 sh
FMR LLC
$4.3B8,316,540 sh
MORGAN STANLEY
$3.8B7,376,780 sh

Fund	Value	Shares
BlackRock, Inc.	$19.4B	37,301,875
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	$15.7B	30,208,556
STATE STREET CORP	$10.6B	20,344,181
Capital Research Global Investors	$9.0B	17,430,716
Invesco Ltd.	$8.0B	15,321,341
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	$6.5B	12,466,679
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	$6.2B	11,943,013
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/	$6.1B	11,832,240
FMR LLC	$4.3B	8,316,540
MORGAN STANLEY	$3.8B	7,376,780

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Is LIN a good stock to buy?

13F Pro's AI-powered analysis of LINDE PLC (LIN) draws on SEC EDGAR-sourced fundamentals, institutional 13F holdings, and insider Form 4 transactions in the Materials sector (listed on Nasdaq). The 32-signal AI Quality Score, current rank, and full bull/bear verdict for LIN are available on the LIN stock profile dashboard — with the same data, AI insights, ratios, and institutional activity refreshed after every 10-K, 10-Q, 13F, and Form 4 filing. LIN is classified as a mega company.

Which hedge funds own LIN?

Institutional investors are required to disclose their holdings quarterly via SEC Form 13F. 13F Pro aggregates these filings to show which hedge funds, mutual funds, and asset managers are buying or selling LIN. Combined with insider transaction data from Form 4 filings and AI-powered analysis from 10 specialized research agents, 13F Pro provides a comprehensive view of LINDE PLC's investment landscape.