Titan Investment Solutions Ltd Invests $18.45 Million in Linde PLC $LIN

Titan Investment Solutions Ltd bought a new position in shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 43,276 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $18,452,000. Linde accounts for approximately 2.2% of Titan Investment Solutions Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest holding.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in LIN. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Linde during the 4th quarter worth $2,752,000. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in Linde by 14.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 777 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $325,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Linde by 19.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,569 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $736,000 after acquiring an additional 259 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its stake in Linde by 19.3% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 897 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $421,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. Finally, Gabelli Funds LLC increased its stake in Linde by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 5,625 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,639,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on LIN. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Linde from $525.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Linde from $552.00 to $570.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Linde from $580.00 to $585.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $560.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Linde in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Linde has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $541.91.

Linde Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of LIN opened at $523.57 on Friday. Linde PLC has a 52-week low of $387.78 and a 52-week high of $525.82. The business’s fifty day moving average is $504.86 and its 200-day moving average is $471.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market cap of $242.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.77, a PEG ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 0.72.

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $4.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.27 by $0.06. Linde had a return on equity of 19.80% and a net margin of 20.44%.The company had revenue of $8.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.60 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.95 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Linde has set its FY 2026 guidance at 17.600-17.900 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.400-4.500 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Linde PLC will post 17.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Linde Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a $1.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $6.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Linde’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.50%.

Linde Profile

Linde (NASDAQ: LIN) is a multinational industrial gases and engineering company that supplies gases, related technologies and services to a wide range of industries. The company traces its current form to the 2018 combination of Germany’s Linde AG and U.S.-based Praxair, creating one of the largest global providers of industrial, specialty and medical gases. Linde’s business model centers on production, processing and distribution of gases as well as the design and construction of the plants and equipment needed to produce them.

Core products and services include atmospheric and process gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon; hydrogen and helium; carbon dioxide; and a portfolio of higher‑value specialty and electronic gases.