---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-21-011422"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:53:03.259474+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde Q3 sales $7.7B (+12%), adj EPS $2.73 (+27%), raises FY guidance to $10.52-$10.62

## Summary
- Sales $7,668M, up 12% YoY; underlying sales +11% (price +3%, volume +8%).
- Adjusted EPS $2.73, up 27% YoY; GAAP EPS $1.88, up 42% (record).
- Operating cash flow $2,556M (+36%); free cash flow $1,815M (+65%).
- Full-year 2021 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $10.52-$10.62 (28-29% growth).
- Project backlog $13.4B; segment margins improved across Americas, APAC, EMEA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-21-011422
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495421011422/0001654954-21-011422-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495421011422/lin_8k.htm

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