From a horizontal accumulation phase, the timing seems good to buy shares in Linde plc and to get ahead of a break-out on the upside of the congestion area.
Summary
● According to MSCI, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
● Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
Weaknesses
● The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
● With a 2026 P/E ratio at 30.47 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.
● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
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Linde plc is one of the world's leading engineering and industrial gas production groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production and sale of industrial gases (89.2%). Net sales break down by market between chemicals and energy (22%), manufacturing (22%), healthcare (17%), metals and mining (13%), food and beverage (9%), electronics (9%) and other (8%);
- surface engineering services (7%);
- other (3.8%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (4.7%), the United States (34.8%), Germany (7.6%), China (8%), Australia (4.1%), Mexico (4.1%), Brazil (3.8%) and other (32.9%).
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Investor
Investor
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Global
Global
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Quality
Quality
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ESG MSCI
ESG MSCI
The MSCI ESG score assesses a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices relative to its industry peers. Companies are rated from CCC (laggard) to AAA (leader). This rating helps investors incorporate sustainability risks and opportunities into their investment decisions.
