Projected Income Statement: Linde plc

Forecast Balance Sheet: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Net Debt 1 12,400 11,384 12,478 14,709 16,773 17,875 18,563 19,343
Change - -8.19% 9.61% 17.88% 14.03% 6.57% 3.85% 4.2%
Announcement Date 2/5/21 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 - - -
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Cash Flow Forecast: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
CAPEX 1 3,400 3,086 3,173 3,787 4,497 5,009 4,973 4,993
Change - -9.24% 2.82% 19.35% 18.75% 11.38% -0.7% 0.39%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 4,029 6,639 5,691 5,518 4,926 5,651 6,451 7,443
Change - 64.78% -14.28% -3.04% -10.73% 14.73% 14.15% 15.38%
Announcement Date 2/5/21 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 - - -
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Forecast Financial Ratios: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 31.73% 33.06% 32.59% 36.93% 38.84% 39.37% 39.85% 40.61%
EBIT Margin (%) 21.28% 23.3% 23.68% 27.61% 29.45% 30.14% 30.61% 31.47%
EBT Margin (%) 12.42% 16.56% 16.61% 24.31% 25.96% 26.51% 27.95% 30.23%
Net margin (%) 9.18% 12.42% 12.43% 18.87% 19.89% 21.15% 21.78% 23.14%
FCF margin (%) 14.79% 21.56% 17.06% 16.8% 14.93% 16.63% 17.96% 19.74%
FCF / Net Income (%) 161.1% 173.52% 137.23% 89.01% 75.03% 78.63% 82.48% 85.33%

Profitability

        
ROA 5% 6.57% 7.68% 7.73% 9.29% 9.73% 13.82% 10.81%
ROE 9.07% 12.21% 14.74% 15.55% 19.21% 20.13% 21.52% 22.92%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 1.43x 1.12x 1.15x 1.21x 1.31x 1.34x 1.3x 1.26x
Debt / Free cash flow 3.08x 1.71x 2.19x 2.67x 3.4x 3.16x 2.88x 2.6x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 12.48% 10.02% 9.51% 11.53% 13.63% 14.74% 13.85% 13.25%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 39.33% 30.32% 29.18% 31.21% 35.08% 37.45% 34.75% 32.61%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 84.39% 46.48% 55.75% 68.63% 91.29% 88.63% 77.09% 67.08%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 13.99 18.63 17.59 18.9 19.55 23 24.52 26.85
Change - 33.23% -5.63% 7.48% 3.41% 17.69% 6.59% 9.5%
Dividend per Share 1 3.85 4.24 4.68 5.1 5.56 5.975 6.435 6.876
Change - 10.13% 10.38% 8.97% 9.02% 7.47% 7.7% 6.85%
Book Value Per Share 1 90.42 86.57 80.1 80.68 79.01 83.04 85.36 87.59
Change - -4.26% -7.47% 0.73% -2.07% 5.09% 2.8% 2.6%
EPS 1 4.71 7.33 8.23 12.59 13.62 15.15 16.84 19.28
Change - 55.63% 12.28% 52.98% 8.18% 11.25% 11.11% 14.52%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 523,393 508,987 492,561 484,890 476,158 472,912 472,912 472,912
Announcement Date 2/5/21 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 - - -
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2025 *2026 *
P/E ratio 30.2x 27.2x
PBR 5.52x 5.37x
EV / Sales 6.91x 6.55x
Yield 1.3% 1.4%
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
29
Last Close Price
458.33USD
Average target price
496.05USD
Spread / Average Target
+8.23%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise