Linde (LIN) FCF Payout Ratio (2018 - 2026)

Linde has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 9 years of filings, most recently posting 0.83 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.83, up 3.85% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.56 (up 1.74% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.55, up 2.48% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.83 for Q1 2026 at Linde, up from 0.44 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.84 in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.31 in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.45 (2022), against an average of 0.54.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 123.74% in 2022 and slipped 22.69% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Linde's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.51 in 2022, then retreated by 22.69% to 0.39 in 2023, then increased by 8.15% to 0.42 in 2024, then rose by 5.04% to 0.44 in 2025, then jumped by 85.84% to 0.83 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.83 (Q1 2026), 0.44 (Q4 2025), and 0.42 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.