Ratings Linde plc Xetra

Equities

LIN

IE000S9YS762

Market Closed - Xetra 16:35:41 26/04/2024 BST 5-day change 1st Jan Change
414 EUR +0.19% Intraday chart for Linde plc -1.19% +12.32%

Summary

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
  • There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

Weaknesses

  • The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 31.29 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
  • The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
  • The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Sector: Commodity Chemicals

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+12.32% 213B -
-13.78% 52.48B
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+20.42% 12.5B
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+48.18% 8.54B
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-1.75% 3.9B
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+21.44% 3.39B
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+25.90% 3.39B
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-9.74% 1.87B -
+6.68% 1.71B - -
-22.62% 1.23B -
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