Company
Linde
Official Name: Linde plc
Headquarters: Guildford, United Kingdom
Founded: 21 June 1879
Employees: 72,327
CEO: Mr. Sanjiv Lamba
Market Cap
$224.62 Billion
USD as of July 1, 2025
Company Description
Linde plc is a global industrial gas company that provides a range of gases including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, and specialty gases. It also designs and constructs turnkey process plants like olefin, natural gas, air separation, and hydrogen plants. The company serves diverse sectors such as healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food and beverage, fiber-optics, steelmaking, aerospace, electronics, chemical, and water treatment.
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Detailed Description
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, electronic and specialty gases, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants, such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen and synthesis gas, and other plants. It serves healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, electronics, chemical, and water treatment industries. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Guildford, the United Kingdom.
Financials
| Last Financial Reports Date | March 31, 2025 |
| Revenue TTM | $33.02 B |
| EBITDA | $12.89 B |
| Gross Profit TTM | $15.93 B |
| Profit Margin | 20.02% |
| Operating Margin | 28.29% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.10% |
Stocks & Indices
Linde plc has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: NASDAQ: LIN wb_incandescent
Stock: NYSE: LIN wb_incandescent
Stock: Bovespa: L1IN34 wb_incandescent
Stock: Euronext: LIN wb_incandescent
Stock: FSX: LIN wb_incandescent
Stock: MTA: LIN.U wb_incandescent
Stock: XETR: LIN wb_incandescent
Stock: Euronext: LNA wb_incandescent
Product & Services
Industrial gas production, medical gas and air separation physical plant engineering, logistics services
Key People
Founder(s): Carl von Linde
Sanjiv Lamba, CEO Steve Angel, Chairman of the Board Matthew J. White, CFO