Valuation
26% of the score
2median 13
Linde plc is valued at 24.7x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
24.7x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
LINLinde plc
$471.99+1.6% 1Y
$471.99
$386.8552 weeks$529.66
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 53 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Linde plc scores higher than 55% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and capital allocation, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
34median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 6.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
6.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 9.9%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 13 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
13%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
95median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
925%
-3%
-2.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -0.3% a year, sales 4.5%
10012%
-2%
-4.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
44median 62
Today's operating margin of 26% is 1.27x its normal 21%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 26%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
84median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.8x a year of EBITDA
694.5x
0.5x
1.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 37x
1001.5x
12x
37.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
90median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.48x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.1% of assets
818%
0%
-8%
-4.1%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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