---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-004916"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T00:45:01.705531+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde Q1 adj EPS $3.95, up 5% YoY; margin expands 120 bps to 30.1%

## Summary
- Sales $8.1B flat YoY; underlying sales up 1% from 2% price, partly offset by 1% lower volumes.
- Adjusted operating profit $2.4B (+4%); operating cash flow $2.2B (+11%); free cash flow $891M.
- Americas segment sales +3%, APAC -3%, EMEA -3%; Engineering sales +5% to $565M.
- Q2 adj EPS guidance $3.95-$4.05; FY 2025 adj EPS guidance $16.20-$16.50 (4-6% growth).
- Returned $1.8B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks; capex guided $5.0-$5.5B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-004916
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425004916/0001654954-25-004916-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425004916/lin_8k.htm

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