Linde Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Linde stock have an average target of 543.13, with a low estimate of 504 and a high estimate of 580. The average target predicts an increase of 6.44% from the current stock price of 510.29.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$504	$543.13	$552	$580
Change	-1.23%	+6.44%	+8.17%	+13.66%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Linde stock from 8 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	5	5	4	4	4	4
Buy	5	6	5	4	3	3
Hold	3	2	2	3	2	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	11	11	9	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Arun Viswanathan RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $512 → $552	Buy	Maintains	$512 → $552	+8.17%	Apr 24, 2026
Michael J. Harrison Seaport Global	Seaport Global	Strong Buy Maintains $525 → $575	Strong Buy	Maintains	$525 → $575	+12.68%	Apr 17, 2026
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $545 → $580	Strong Buy	Maintains	$545 → $580	+13.66%	Apr 13, 2026
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $550 → $579	Strong Buy	Maintains	$550 → $579	+13.46%	Apr 9, 2026
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold → Buy Upgrades $455 → $525	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$455 → $525	+2.88%	Mar 13, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

35.99B

from 33.99B

5.90%

from 33.99B

Revenue Next Year

37.83B

from 35.99B

5.10%

from 35.99B

EPS This Year

17.99

from 14.61

23.15%

from 14.61

EPS Next Year

19.65

from 17.99

9.23%

from 17.99

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	30.79B	33.36B	32.85B	33.01B	33.99B	35.99B	37.83B
Revenue Growth	13.03%	8.35%	-1.53%	0.46%	2.97%	5.90%	5.10%
EPS	7.33	8.23	12.59	13.62	14.61	17.99	19.65
EPS Growth	55.70%	12.29%	52.98%	8.18%	7.27%	23.15%	9.23%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	28.36	25.96
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	31	27

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	38.4B	40.5B
Avg	36.0B	37.8B
Low	33.9B	35.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	13.1%	12.5%
Avg	5.9%	5.1%
Low	-0.1%	-2.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	18.95	21.41
Avg	17.99	19.65
Low	17.25	18.08

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	29.7%	19.0%
Avg	23.1%	9.2%
Low	18.1%	0.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.