LIN PEER ANALYSIS

Linde plc Ordinary Shares — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

LINLinde plc Ordinary Shares

🇺🇸 USA · US · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

LINIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	LIN	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
P/E	35.23	29.23	—	33.56	16.51●	35.37	27.59
P/B	6.51	3.92	1.22●	3.33	2.10	1.80	1.79
EV/EBITDA	20.61	13.94	11.48	12.38	8.38●	9.25	12.38
P/S	7.24	3.82	1.82	2.01	1.03	0.55●	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	LIN	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.83	1.14	1.59	2.52●	1.72	1.74	1.87
Debt/Equity	68.2%	51.9%	28.9%●	70.2%	125.2%	75.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.69	1.19●	1.51	1.42	1.94	2.31	2.15

Profitability
Metric	LIN	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	20.6%●	13.1%	-8.0%	6.0%	6.3%	1.5%	3.5%
ROE	18.6%●	13.3%	-4.8%	9.6%	13.1%	5.0%	4.4%
ROA	8.4%●	6.8%	-3.1%	4.5%	4.1%	2.0%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	38.3%●	29.9%	18.2%	18.4%	16.0%	7.9%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LIN	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.0%	-0.4%	-2.7%	24.4%●	-7.0%	-9.5%	1.2%
NI Growth	7.8%	6.4%	—	-15.3%	32.7%●	-56.9%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.1%	1.9%	3.0%	1.4%	3.3%	3.4%●	1.5%
Payout	39.9%	55.6%	-73.4%	41.7%	56.0%	132.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	LIN	SHW	ECL	APD	DD	PPG	Ind. Median
P/E	35.23	32.67	38.14	32.27	—	17.02●	27.59
P/B	6.51	19.16	8.03	4.34	4.10	3.33●	1.79
EV/EBITDA	20.61	22.02	25.11	18.81	34.47	11.63●	12.38
P/S	7.24	3.55	4.88	5.46	5.94	1.67●	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	LIN	SHW	ECL	APD	DD	PPG	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.83	0.86	0.99	1.43	2.68●	1.61	1.87
Debt/Equity	68.2%	311.1%	92.6%	117.3%	22.6%●	95.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.69	3.03	2.47	3.83	1.39●	2.15	2.15

Profitability
Metric	LIN	SHW	ECL	APD	DD	PPG	Ind. Median
Net Margin	20.6%●	10.9%	12.8%	16.9%	-0.3%	9.8%	3.5%
ROE	18.6%	60.7%●	22.3%	13.9%	-0.2%	21.1%	4.4%
ROA	8.4%	10.2%●	8.9%	5.2%	-0.1%	7.3%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	38.3%●	18.7%	21.6%	36.4%	18.0%	17.6%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	LIN	SHW	ECL	APD	DD	PPG	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.0%	3.9%	4.9%	3.7%	-20.4%	10.0%●	1.2%
NI Growth	7.8%	-3.0%	0.1%	37.4%	—	45.5%●	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	2.3%	2.6%●	2.3%	1.5%
Payout	39.9%	30.3%	36.9%	75.6%	-1,748.3%	39.9%	9.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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