---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-000913"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIN"
cik: "0001707925"
company_name: "LINDE PLC"
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:29:19.337885+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Linde Q4 2025 adj. EPS $4.20 (+6% YoY); FY adj. EPS $16.46 (+6%); guides FY26 $17.40-$17.90

## Summary
- Q4 sales $8.8B (+6% YoY); adj. operating profit $2.6B (+4%); adj. operating margin 29.5%.
- Full-year 2025 adj. EPS $16.46 (+6% YoY) on sales $34.0B (+3%); adj. operating margin 29.8%.
- FY26 adj. EPS guidance $17.40-$17.90 (6%-9% growth); Q1 adj. EPS guidance $4.20-$4.30.
- Operating cash flow Q4 $3.0B (+8% YoY); full-year OCF $10.4B (+10% YoY).
- Project backlog $10.0B; returned $7.4B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-000913
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIN
- cik: 0001707925
- company_name: LINDE PLC
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+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/1707925/000165495426000913/0001654954-26-000913-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707925/000165495426000913/lin_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-000913
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-000913.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-000913.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.