Linde
LINMarket price data through November 12, 2026.
Performance
Nov 2021 – Nov 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- +1%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$518
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- May 2026
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 5 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Linde
Linde is the largest industrial gases company in the world. They pull oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and helium out of the air and out of chemical processes, then sell those gases to hospitals, computer chip factories, steel mills, food producers, and energy companies. Almost every modern industry runs on a gas Linde supplies, and most customers sign long term contracts that keep paying whether the economy is booming or slumping.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Record Run
Linde just posted record sales of 9.4 billion dollars, up 9 percent, and record adjusted earnings of 4 dollars and 59 cents per share, also up 9 percent. It keeps about 29 cents of every sales dollar as operating profit, one of the fattest margins of any big industrial company. Cash from operations rose 8 percent to 3.2 billion dollars, and it handed nearly 1.7 billion dollars back to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
- Chip Charge
Computer chip factories keep fueling Linde's growth. Asia Pacific sales jumped 12 percent as chip and energy customers bought more gas and new plants switched on, while the Americas grew 11 percent. Linde has 11 billion dollars of projects already lined up, including 7.9 billion dollars of signed long term gas supply deals, and says interest from chipmakers remains strong.
- Charges Bite
Linde's reported earnings per share actually fell 11 percent to 3 dollars and 66 cents, and net income dropped 12 percent to about 1.7 billion dollars. The gap comes from cost cutting charges and leftover accounting from its old merger with Linde AG. The everyday business is healthy, but the cleaner adjusted numbers do not tell the whole story.
- Cooling Down
Beneath the record headline, Linde sold only 2 percent more gas overall. Europe, the Middle East and Africa improved from last quarter but still sold just 1 percent more, and Linde expects fourth quarter earnings growth to slow to 5 to 7 percent. This is a steady compounder, not a rocket ship.
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