Linde plc (LIN)

Linde Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts that cover Linde stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $513.7, which forecasts a 22.00% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $475 and the highest is $576.

Price Target: $513.7 (+22.00%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$475	$513.7	$510	$576
Change	+12.81%	+22.00%	+21.13%	+36.80%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Linde stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25
Strong Buy	4	4	4	4	4	3
Buy	6	6	6	6	6	5
Hold	4	3	3	3	3	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	14	13	13	13	13	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $510 → $507	Hold	Maintains	$510 → $507	+20.41%	Oct 6, 2025
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $530 → $535	Strong Buy	Maintains	$530 → $535	+27.06%	Oct 6, 2025
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $470 → $475	Buy	Maintains	$470 → $475	+12.81%	Aug 4, 2025
Geoff Haire UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $485 → $504	Hold	Maintains	$485 → $504	+19.70%	Jul 9, 2025
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $500 → $535	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$500 → $535	+27.06%	Jun 30, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

34.20B

Increased by 3.63%

from 33.01B

Revenue Next Year

36.10B

Increased by 5.54%

from 34.20B

EPS This Year

16.61

Increased by 21.98%

from 13.62

EPS Next Year

18.18

Increased by 9.42%

from 16.61

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	27.24B	30.79B	33.36B	32.85B	33.01B	34.20B	36.10B
Revenue Growth	-3.49%	13.03%	8.35%	-1.53%	0.46%	3.63%	5.54%
EPS	4.71	7.33	8.23	12.59	13.62	16.61	18.18
EPS Growth	12.43%	55.70%	12.29%	52.98%	8.18%	21.98%	9.42%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	25.34	23.16
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	29	29

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	36.6B	38.7B
Avg	34.2B	36.1B
Low	32.6B	33.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	11.0%	13.1%
Avg	3.6%	5.5%
Low	-1.1%	-0.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	17.38	19.52
Avg	16.61	18.18
Low	16.00	16.95

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	27.6%	17.5%
Avg	22.0%	9.4%
Low	17.5%	2.1%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.