---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-001186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:42:16.369943+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde reports Q4 2024 adj EPS $3.97, up 11% YoY; guides FY25 adj EPS $16.15-$16.55

## Summary
- Q4 sales $8.3B flat YoY; underlying sales +2% ex FX; adj operating margin 29.9%, +250 bps YoY.
- Q4 adj EPS $3.97, +11% YoY (or +13% ex FX); full-year adj EPS $15.51, +9% YoY (+10% ex FX).
- Full-year operating cash flow $9.4B; returned $7.1B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- FY 2025 adj EPS guidance $16.15-$16.55 (+4%-7% reported; +8%-11% ex FX); Q1 adj EPS $3.85-$3.95.
- Project backlog $10.4B; full-year capex expected $5B-$5.5B in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-001186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2025-02-06T23:59:59+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/1707925/000165495425001186/0001654954-25-001186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425001186/linde_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-001186.txt

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