Linde plc
Linde plc is classed by the SEC under Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (industry code 2810), based in Woking Surrey, GB. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $34 billion and a profit of $6.9 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 2810, Industrial Inorganic Chemicals); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.5 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.0 out of ten, present 7.3 out of ten, future 5.8 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 0.5 out of ten. 3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-10-26. 5th percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 9.5 out of ten. +13.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 95th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.3 out of ten. Share count shrank 2.2% a year. 72% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 2 purchases. 73rd percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 7.5 out of ten. ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar. 75th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 9.4 out of ten. top 6% of 9 in its family; net margin 20.3%. 94th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 3.6 out of ten. bottom 36% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022. 36th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.9 out of ten. bottom 49% of 9 in its family for room to expand. 49th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.2 out of ten. top 48% of 10 in its family for growth drivers. 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 8.7 out of ten. top 13% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality. 87th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-31 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 3, 2026-10-08. Filings on record since 2017. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Americas 45%, EMEA 25%, APAC 20%, Engineering 7%, Corporate and Other 4%. By geography: United States 36%, Other , non-U.S. 33%, China 8%, Germany 7%, United Kingdom 4%, Mexico 4%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-25).
Who runs it
Lamba, Sanjiv (Chairman & CEO); Angel, Stephen F (Chief Executive Officer); Patwari, Binod (Senior Vice President - APAC); Pfann, Oliver (Senior Vice President, EMEA); White, Matthew J (Chief Financial Officer); Durbin, Sean (EVP, Chief Operating Officer); Brown, Denny (VP, Chief Accounting Officer); Bichara, Guillermo (Exec VP & Chief Legal Officer); Bacher, Desiree (SVP, Chief HR Officer); Innocenzi, Stefanos (SVP, Linde Engineering); and 10 more. 20 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-05.
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