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Linde (LIN) Dividend Yield % : 1.21% (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Linde Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-10-31), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Linde is 1.21%.

Warning Sign:

Linde PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Linde's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LIN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 1.77   Max: 2.94
Current: 1.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Linde was 2.94%. The lowest was 1.09%. And the median was 1.77%.

LIN's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
63.67% of 1068 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.725 vs LIN: 1.21

Linde's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.36.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Linde was 0.55. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.47.

As of today (2024-10-31), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Linde is 1.23%.

Linde's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $1.39.

During the past 12 months, Linde's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Linde was 47.00% per year. The lowest was 4.90% per year. And the median was 10.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Linde Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Linde's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Linde Dividend Yield % Chart

Linde Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.64 1.46 1.22 1.42 1.24

Linde Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 1.34 1.24 1.12 1.21

Competitive Comparison of Linde's Dividend Yield %

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Linde's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Linde's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Linde's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Linde's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Linde Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Linde Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.3900002024-09-042024-09-042024-09-18Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.3900002024-06-042024-06-042024-06-18Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.3900002024-03-132024-03-142024-03-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.2750002023-12-012023-12-042023-12-18Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Linde's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=5.445/456.15
=1.19 %

Current Share Price is $456.15.
Linde's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $5.445.

Linde's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=5.56/456.15
=1.22 %

Current Share Price is $456.15.
Linde's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $1.39 * 4 = $5.56.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Linde  (NAS:LIN) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Linde Business Description

Address
10 Riverview Drive, Danbury, CT, USA, 06810
Linde PLC is the industrial gas supplier in the world, with operations in over 100 countries. The firm's main products are atmospheric gases (including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon) and process gases (including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium), as well as equipment used in industrial gas production. Linde serves a wide variety of end markets, including chemicals, manufacturing, healthcare, and steelmaking. Linde generated approximately $33 billion in revenue in 2023.
Executives
John Panikar officer: Executive VP, APAC 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Oliver Pfann officer: Senior Vice President, EMEA FORGE, 43 CHURCH STREET WEST, WOKING SURREY X0 GU216HT
Sean Durbin officer: Executive VP, EMEA C/O LINDE PLC, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 XY7
Guillermo Bichara officer: Senior VP& Chief Legal Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
David P Strauss officer: Senior VP & Chief HR Officer 10 RIVERVIEW DRIVE, DANBURY CT 06810
Sanjiv Lamba officer: Chief Operating Officer THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY RD, SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Juergen Nowicki officer: Executive VP, Engineering C/O LINDE PLC, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Matthew J White officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PRAXAIR, INC., 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 12533
Stephen F Angel director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Hugh Grant director C/O PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., 1 PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15272
Kelcey E Hoyt officer: Principal Accounting Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Andreas Opfermann officer: Executive VP, Americas C/O LINDE, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Mr. Franz Fehrenbach Director
Franz Fehrenbach director THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, THE SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Alberto Weisser director