Linde plc (LIN)
LIN · Materials ·
United States
Linde plc (LIN) is a company in the Materials sector, based in United States. The stock is held in 21 ETFs we track – with its largest weight of 7.18 % in WMAT (msci-world-materials). Anyone holding one of these ETFs also owns a small indirect stake in Linde.
Above-average ETF coverage: 21 of the 95 ETFs we cover hold Linde, spread across 10 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 85.2 % of the 4,334 stocks we cover.
Price chart
Performance
| Year to date | +8.4 % | 1 year | -2.0 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -2.6 % | 3 months | -10.4 % |
| Calendar year 2025 | +1.8 % |
Measured in euros, Linde returned +10.4 % year to date and +0.3 % over one year. The gap to the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone: each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for the same day.
Risk metrics
The close on Sep 16, 2026 was 15.5 % below the highest close since Jul 11, 2024, reached on Jul 2, 2026. Over the last 252 trading days, on days when the S&P 500 rose or fell 1 %, Linde moved on average 0.09 % in the same direction. The correlation of 0.06 shows how reliable that average is: the broad market explained only a small share of the daily moves.
Correlated with
The strongest co-movers on top, the most inverse below. Low or negative values improve portfolio diversification.
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Products and Chemicals Inc. | +0.65 | |
| Corteva Inc | +0.56 | |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | +0.50 | |
| International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | +0.46 | |
| Camden Property Trust REIT | +0.45 | |
| Amcor PLC | +0.44 | |
| GIGGLE | -0.43 | |
| Amazon.com Inc. | -0.35 | |
| XEC | -0.27 |
Key financials
Latest reported fiscal year (FY2025, period end 2025-12-31) as filed with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 32.9 | 6.2 | 18.9 % |
| FY2024 | 33.0 | 6.6 | 19.9 % |
| FY2025 | 34.0 | 6.9 | 20.3 % |
Held in these ETFs
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| WMAT | msci-world-materials | 7.18 % | €71.80 |
| XDWM | msci-world-materials | 7.17 % | €71.70 |
| EXXT | nasdaq-100 | 0.96 % | €9.60 |
| XNAS | nasdaq-100 | 0.96 % | €9.60 |
| XDEQ | msci-world-quality | 0.51 % | €5.10 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | sp500 | 0.33 % | €3.30 |
| SXR8 | sp500 | 0.33 % | €3.30 |
| XD9U / XD9D | msci-usa | 0.33 % | €3.30 |
| SWWD | msci-world | 0.24 % | €2.40 |
| EUNL | msci-world | 0.24 % | €2.40 |
| SPPW | msci-world | 0.24 % | €2.40 |
| XDWD / XDWL | msci-world | 0.24 % | €2.40 |
| WIMI | msci-world-imi | 0.21 % | €2.10 |
| SPYY | msci-acwi | 0.21 % | €2.10 |
| IUSQ | msci-acwi | 0.21 % | €2.10 |
| SPYI / SPSA | msci-acwi-imi | 0.16 % | €1.60 |
| XDEB | msci-world-minimum-volatility | 0.10 % | €1.00 |
The last column turns the weight into euros: this much of €1,000 invested in one of these funds is allocated to Linde as of the fund's latest holdings list.
Weight in EUNL since 2019
In EUNL, a fund tracking the MSCI World, Linde had a weight of 0.26 % on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.24 % on Sep 16, 2026. Its share peaked at 0.34 % on Sep 29, 2023. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price relative to the other index members, and it also shifts when the index provider changes the composition.
How much Linde plc overlaps with other holdings in a portfolio is shown by the Portfolio X-Ray and the ETF overlap check.
Stocks with similar ETF exposure
Names that reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Linde — the figure counts the ETFs holding both.
Corteva IncCTVA · 18 shared ETFs · r +0.56
PPG Industries Inc.PPG · 18 shared ETFs
Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW · 18 shared ETFs- CF Industries Holdings Inc.CF · 18 shared ETFs
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.APD · 17 shared ETFs · r +0.65
Dow Inc.DOW · 17 shared ETFs
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX · 17 shared ETFs
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF · 17 shared ETFs · r +0.46
Key figures side by side
| Stock | 1 year | Volatility p.a. | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linde | -2.0 % | 18.4 % | 20.3 % | +3.0 % |
| Corteva Inc | +15.9 % | 26.0 % | 6.3 % | +2.9 % |
| PPG Industries | -3.1 % | 29.1 % | 9.9 % | +0.2 % |
| Sherwin-Williams Company | -9.0 % | 25.9 % | 10.9 % | +2.1 % |
| CF Industries Holdings | +55.4 % | 37.5 % | – | +19.3 % |
| Air Products and Chemicals | +0.7 % | 25.6 % | -3.3 % | -0.5 % |
| Dow | +22.9 % | 43.7 % | – | -7.0 % |
| Freeport-McMoRan | +52.8 % | 47.7 % | 8.8 % | +0.1 % |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | +30.8 % | 31.8 % | – | -5.2 % |
Return and volatility from our daily closing prices in US dollars; margin and growth from the latest SEC annual filing. Fiscal years do not all end on the same date.
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