Linde Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts that cover Linde stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $509.25, which forecasts a 1.51% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $455 and the highest is $550.

Price Target: $509.25 (+1.51%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$455	$509.25	$510	$550
Change	-9.30%	+1.51%	+1.66%	+9.63%

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	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	4	3	5	5	4	4
Buy	6	5	5	6	5	2
Hold	3	4	3	2	2	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	12	13	13	11	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $540 → $545	Strong Buy	Maintains	$540 → $545	+8.63%	Feb 6, 2026
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $500 → $550	Strong Buy	Maintains	$500 → $550	+9.63%	Feb 6, 2026
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy → Hold Downgrades $455	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$455	-9.30%	Feb 6, 2026
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $520 → $540	Strong Buy	Maintains	$520 → $540	+7.64%	Jan 21, 2026
Arun Viswanathan RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $540 → $490	Buy	Maintains	$540 → $490	-2.33%	Dec 12, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

35.90B

from 33.99B

5.63%

from 33.99B

Revenue Next Year

37.68B

from 35.90B

4.96%

from 35.90B

EPS This Year

18.01

from 14.61

23.26%

from 14.61

EPS Next Year

19.77

from 18.01

9.79%

from 18.01

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	30.79B	33.36B	32.85B	33.01B	33.99B	35.90B	37.68B
Revenue Growth	13.03%	8.35%	-1.53%	0.46%	2.97%	5.63%	4.96%
EPS	7.33	8.23	12.59	13.62	14.61	18.01	19.77
EPS Growth	55.70%	12.29%	52.98%	8.18%	7.27%	23.26%	9.79%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	27.86	25.37
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	31	23

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	38.1B	40.5B
Avg	35.9B	37.7B
Low	33.9B	35.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	12.1%	12.7%
Avg	5.6%	5.0%
Low	-0.1%	-2.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	19.05	21.61
Avg	18.01	19.77
Low	16.95	18.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	30.4%	20.0%
Avg	23.3%	9.8%
Low	16.0%	3.0%

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.