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Linde forward PE LIN

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
27.2×
10-year median
26.3×
Against its 10-year history
62nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
19.8× to 30.8×
Peer median
26.3×

Linde's forward PE is 27.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 26.3×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 19.8× in Mar 2020 to 30.8× in Oct 2024.

The median for 5 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 26.3×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far27.2×24.6×30.0×
202524.3×22.9×28.7×
202426.3×26.3×30.8×
202327.7×23.5×27.9×
202224.9×21.6×29.6×
202130.5×24.1×30.5×
202027.3×19.8×30.3×
201929.1×23.6×29.1×
201823.6×23.0×27.0×
201725.4×20.9×25.4×
201621.2×17.8×22.4×
201518.7×18.3×22.2×
201422.3×19.8×22.3×
201320.8×18.7×20.8×
201218.8×18.2×20.9×
201119.3×16.3×20.2×
201018.4×15.7×19.3×
200918.0×13.8×19.8×
200814.7×14.0×25.2×
200723.1×17.4×23.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Linde's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
LINLinde27.2×
SHWSherwin-Williams26.3×
ECLEcolab33.5×
APDAir Products and Chemicals21.6×
PPGPPG Industries13.4×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances27.3×
Peer median26.3×

Where Linde ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.