Company Analysis

Linde plc (LIN)

Nasdaq: LIN · Industrial Inorganic Chemicals · Woking Surrey, GB · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade6.6
◀ Past 6.3● Present 7.3▶ Future 5.8

Income statement, as filed

In millions of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 25, 2026Feb 26, 2025Feb 28, 2024Feb 28, 2023Feb 28, 2022Mar 1, 2021Mar 2, 2020Mar 18, 2019Mar 23, 2018·
Revenue33,98633,00532,85433,36430,79327,24328,22814,836r11,358r10,534
For lenders
Net interest income-255-256-200-63-77-115····
Cost of revenue17,38917,14317,49219,45017,54315,38316,6449,0206,382·
Research and development1471501461431431521841139392
Selling, general and administrative3,4333,3373,2953,1073,1893,1933,4571,6291,2071,145
General and administrative2,0832,0041,9651,8121,8471,8901,857872696652
Operating income8,9238,6358,0245,3694,9843,3222,9335,2472,4442,247
Interest expense575555480277227277284297r230r208
Interest and investment income20922819711740551128041·
Share of profit of equity-method investments15017016717211985114564741
Income before income taxes8,8978,5697,9885,5435,0993,3842,9275,0492,2872,048
Income tax expense1,9892,0021,8141,4341,2628477698171,026551
Income from continuing operations7,0586,7376,3414,2813,9562,6222,2724,2881,3081,538
Income from discontinued operations··005410911700
Net income including non-controlling interests7,0586,7376,3414,2813,9612,6262,3794,4021,3061,535
Net income to non-controlling interests160172142134······
Net income6,8986,5656,1994,1473,8262,5012,2854,3811,2471,500
Earnings per share, basic14.6913.7112.708.307.404.754.2213.264.365.25
Earnings per share, diluted14.6113.6212.598.237.334.714.1913.114.325.21
Weighted average shares, basic469,488478,773488,191499,736516,896526,736541,094330,401286,261285,677
Weighted average shares, diluted472,195482,092492,290504,038521,875531,157545,170334,127289,114287,757
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServiceExcludingDepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseDebt
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InterestIncomeOther
Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from continuing operations profit from the businesses it keepsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Income from discontinued operations profit or loss from businesses it sold or closedus-gaap:IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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