Projected Income Statement: Linde plc

Forecast Balance Sheet: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 11,384 12,478 14,709 16,773 21,933 22,948 23,273 22,941
Change - 9.61% 17.88% 14.03% 30.76% 4.63% 1.42% -1.43%
Announcement Date 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - - -
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Cash Flow Forecast: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 3,086 3,173 3,787 4,497 5,261 5,413 5,163 5,082
Change - 2.82% 19.35% 18.75% 16.99% 2.9% -4.62% -1.57%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 6,639 5,691 5,518 4,926 5,089 5,809 6,744 7,379
Change - -14.28% -3.04% -10.73% 3.31% 14.14% 16.1% 9.42%
Announcement Date 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - - -
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Forecast Financial Ratios: Linde plc

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 33.06% 32.59% 36.93% 38.84% 39.28% 39.18% 40.02% 40.52%
EBIT Margin (%) 23.3% 23.68% 27.61% 29.45% 29.83% 29.83% 30.81% 31.63%
EBT Margin (%) 16.56% 16.61% 24.31% 25.96% 26.18% 27.86% 28.3% 29.57%
Net margin (%) 12.42% 12.43% 18.87% 19.89% 20.3% 21.45% 22.03% 22.69%
FCF margin (%) 21.56% 17.06% 16.8% 14.93% 14.97% 16.01% 17.76% 18.38%
FCF / Net Income (%) 173.52% 137.23% 89.01% 75.03% 73.78% 74.67% 80.61% 81.01%

Profitability

        
ROA 6.57% 7.68% 7.73% 9.29% 9.7% 9.32% 9.96% 10.46%
ROE 12.21% 14.74% 15.55% 19.21% 20.32% 20.96% 22.16% 23.29%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 1.12x 1.15x 1.21x 1.31x 1.64x 1.61x 1.53x 1.41x
Debt / Free cash flow 1.71x 2.19x 2.67x 3.4x 4.31x 3.95x 3.45x 3.11x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 10.02% 9.51% 11.53% 13.63% 15.48% 14.93% 13.6% 12.66%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 30.32% 29.18% 31.21% 35.08% 39.41% 38.1% 33.98% 31.25%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 46.48% 55.75% 68.63% 91.29% 103.38% 93.2% 76.57% 68.87%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 18.63 17.59 18.9 19.55 21.92 23.71 26.39 28.66
Change - -5.63% 7.48% 3.41% 12.14% 8.17% 11.28% 8.61%
Dividend per Share 1 4.24 4.68 5.1 5.56 6 6.453 6.949 7.493
Change - 10.38% 8.97% 9.02% 7.91% 7.56% 7.68% 7.82%
Book Value Per Share 1 86.57 80.1 80.68 79.01 80.99 85.03 88.31 92.26
Change - -7.47% 0.73% -2.07% 2.51% 4.99% 3.85% 4.47%
EPS 1 7.33 8.23 12.59 13.62 14.61 16.59 18.4 20.42
Change - 12.28% 52.98% 8.18% 7.27% 13.55% 10.93% 10.96%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 508,987 492,561 484,890 476,158 466,949 460,980 460,980 460,980
Announcement Date 2/10/22 2/7/23 2/6/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - - -
1USD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E 29x 26.1x
PBR 5.65x 5.44x
EV / Sales 6.74x 6.45x
Yield 1.34% 1.45%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
27
Last Close Price
480.46USD
Average target price
548.00USD
Spread / Average Target
+14.06%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise