Linde plc

LIN stock score: 62/100

$500.57 · -0.26% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
65
Fundamental
59
News
48

The reading

Linde (LIN) scores 62 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 77% of Basic Materials stocks and 81% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 65, fundamentals 59.

Among the fundamentals, Earnings Quality (Annual) at 99 and EBITDA Margins at 98 score highest, while Price to Sales Ratio at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 67 and contrarian oscillators 22 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 48; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 53 to 70, and it is down 8 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward LIN’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

59

Pulling it up

  • Earnings Quality (Annual)99

    Earnings Quality (Annual) assesses absolute profitability independent of growth, measuring whether the company is profitable, its earnings yield (earnings/market cap), profit margins, and consistency.

  • EBITDA Margins98

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Operating Margins97

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

Holding it back

  • Price to Sales Ratio1

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • Price to Book Ratio2

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • EV/Revenue5

    EV/Revenue compares the whole company's value, debt included, with its sales.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

61

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)97

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

Holding it back

  • RSI (14)0

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

  • Williams %R (28)1

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Williams %R (14)4

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
48

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly541
Daily613
Weekly662
Monthly692
Quarterly712

Composite score, last 90 days

05010062Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 70Jul 25, 2026: 59Jul 26, 2026: 59Jul 27, 2026: 54Jul 28, 2026: 55Jul 29, 2026: 60Jul 30, 2026: 59Jul 31, 2026: 56Aug 1, 2026: 54Aug 2, 2026: 54Aug 3, 2026: 56Aug 4, 2026: 56Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 56Aug 7, 2026: 57Aug 8, 2026: 57Aug 9, 2026: 57Aug 10, 2026: 57Aug 11, 2026: 57Aug 12, 2026: 60Aug 13, 2026: 55Aug 14, 2026: 56Aug 15, 2026: 56Aug 16, 2026: 56Aug 17, 2026: 55Aug 18, 2026: 57Aug 19, 2026: 57Aug 20, 2026: 58Aug 22, 2026: 59Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 59Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 57Aug 28, 2026: 59Aug 29, 2026: 59Aug 30, 2026: 59Aug 31, 2026: 60Sep 1, 2026: 59Sep 2, 2026: 60Sep 3, 2026: 57Sep 4, 2026: 57Sep 5, 2026: 56Sep 6, 2026: 56Sep 7, 2026: 56Sep 8, 2026: 56Sep 9, 2026: 54Sep 10, 2026: 54Sep 11, 2026: 55Sep 12, 2026: 55Sep 13, 2026: 55Sep 14, 2026: 55Sep 15, 2026: 54Sep 16, 2026: 55Sep 17, 2026: 53Sep 18, 2026: 55Sep 19, 2026: 55Sep 20, 2026: 54Sep 21, 2026: 54Sep 22, 2026: 55Sep 23, 2026: 58Sep 24, 2026: 58Sep 25, 2026: 57Sep 26, 2026: 57Sep 27, 2026: 57Sep 28, 2026: 57Sep 29, 2026: 58Sep 30, 2026: 58Oct 1, 2026: 57Oct 2, 2026: 59Oct 3, 2026: 59Oct 4, 2026: 59Oct 5, 2026: 60Oct 6, 2026: 62Oct 7, 2026: 60Oct 8, 2026: 59Oct 9, 2026: 60Oct 10, 2026: 60Oct 11, 2026: 60Oct 12, 2026: 60Oct 13, 2026: 62Oct 14, 2026: 61Oct 15, 2026: 62Oct 16, 2026: 62Oct 17, 2026: 62Oct 18, 2026: 62Oct 19, 2026: 62Oct 20, 2026: 62Oct 21, 2026: 62
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Key facts

Market cap
$230.8B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Beta
0.71
Risk grade (1–10)
5
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Specialty Chemicals peers

CompanyMarket capScore
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company$81.9B60
ECL Ecolab$80.8B62
APD Air Products and Chemicals$67.4B53
PPG PPG Industries$24.5B57
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances$23.2B51
LYB LyondellBasell Industries$20.4B48

Questions

What is LIN's stock score today?

LIN scores 62/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 65, fundamental 59, and news sentiment 48, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is LIN a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 62 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the LIN score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.