secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LINDE PLC (LIN)
CIK:        0001707925
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-25-008771
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Linde Q2 adj. EPS $4.09 (+6% YoY); FY2025 EPS guidance $16.30-$16.50
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- Sales $8.5B (+3% YoY); underlying sales up 1% on 2% price, partially offset by 1% lower volumes.
- Adjusted operating profit $2.56B (+6%); margin 30.1%, up 80 bps YoY.
- Q2 operating cash flow $2.2B (+15% YoY); free cash flow $954M after capex of $1.26B.
- Segment margins: Americas 31.7% flat, APAC 29.6% +100 bps, EMEA 36.1% +240 bps.
- Q3 adj. EPS guided $4.10-$4.20 (+4% to +7% YoY); sale-of-gas backlog $7.1B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425008771/0001654954-25-008771-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495425008771/lin_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-008771

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