Linde plc (LIN) Stock Analysis
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Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $505.95 — A.R:R is negative (-0.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.9% away).
Linde is the largest industrial gas company worldwide and is a major technological innovator in the industrial gases industry. Its primary products in its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases) and process gases (hydrogen,... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $505.95 — A.R:R is negative (-0.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.9% away). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 51, MACD bullish. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 71d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Linde plc
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- Linde plc Stock (LIN) Opinions on UBS Price Target Increase - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
- Spectrum Asset Management Inc. NB CA Trims Stock Position in Linde PLC $LIN - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. Purchases Shares of Linde PLC (NASDAQ:LIN) - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- Fund Update: 72,835 LINDE PLC (LIN) Shares Added to Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG Portfolio - Moomoo — Moomoo neutral
- Fund Update: 72,835 LINDE PLC (LIN) shares added to Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG portfolio - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $505.95 — A.R:R is negative (-0.7) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.9% away). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 51, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $484.77. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $510.85 (+0.9% upside). Prior stop was $484.77. Stop-loss: $484.77.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (2.9% away); Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1.
Linde plc trades at a P/E of 33.6 (forward 25.7). TrendMatrix value score: 4.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
30 analysts cover LIN with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $542.
What does Linde plc do?Linde is the largest industrial gas company worldwide and is a major technological innovator in the industrial gases...
Linde is the largest industrial gas company worldwide and is a major technological innovator in the industrial gases industry. Its primary products in its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases) and process gases (hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene).