Linde (LIN) Debt Ratio (2017 - 2026)

Linde's (LIN) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.29 in Q1 2026, up 7.14% year-on-year from 0.27 in Q1 2025, and up 10.43% quarter-over-quarter from 0.26 in Q4 2025.

Linde (LIN) Debt Ratio (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Linde has disclosed Debt Ratio across 10 years of filings, most recently posting 0.29 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.29, up 7.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.29 (up 7.14% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.26, up 19.26% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.29 for Q1 2026 at Linde, up from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.29 in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.16 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.22 (2023), against an average of 0.22.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio decreased 4.58% in 2022 and jumped 43.33% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Linde's Debt Ratio stood at 0.17 in 2022, then climbed by 29.39% to 0.22 in 2023, then decreased by 3.12% to 0.22 in 2024, then advanced by 19.26% to 0.26 in 2025, then grew by 10.43% to 0.29 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.29 (Q1 2026), 0.26 (Q4 2025), and 0.27 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Linde 243.01 Bn 239.06 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.29
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.30
3 Sherwin Williams 77.87 Bn 77.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.35
4 Ecolab 75.16 Bn 74.54 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.33
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.70 Bn 64.24 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.42
6 Ppg Industries 26.67 Bn 25.20 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.32
7 LyondellBasell Industries 20.73 Bn 20.84 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.37
8 Albemarle 20.14 Bn 19.31 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.12
9 International Flavors & Fragrances 20.04 Bn 19.51 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.23
10 DuPont de Nemours 19.76 Bn 19.87 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.29
Dec 31, 2025 0.26
Sep 30, 2025 0.27
Jun 30, 2025 0.24
Mar 31, 2025 0.27
Dec 31, 2024 0.22
Sep 30, 2024 0.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.23
Mar 31, 2024 0.24
Dec 31, 2023 0.22
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.18
Mar 31, 2023 0.17
Dec 31, 2022 0.17
Sep 30, 2022 0.16
Jun 30, 2022 0.18
Mar 31, 2022 0.17
Dec 31, 2021 0.15
Sep 30, 2021 0.17
Jun 30, 2021 0.16