Linde (LIN) Free Cash Flow (2017 - 2026)

Linde's (LIN) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $898.0 million in Q1 2026, up 0.79% year-on-year from $891.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 42.88% quarter-over-quarter from $1.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Linde (LIN) Free Cash Flow (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Linde has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 10 years of filings, most recently posting $898.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $898.0 million, up 0.79% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.1 billion (up 3.77% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.1 billion, up 3.31% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $898.0 million for Q1 2026 at Linde, down from $1.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.9 billion in Q3 2022 to a low of $796.0 million in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $1.3 billion (2022), against an average of $1.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow slumped 51.59% in 2022 and soared 35.98% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Linde's Free Cash Flow stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then soared by 35.98% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then fell by 1.08% to $1.6 billion in 2024, then climbed by 0.83% to $1.6 billion in 2025, then sank by 42.88% to $898.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $898.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 898.00 Mn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 800,000.00
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 758.00 Mn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 1.10 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn -19.00 Mn
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 92.00 Mn
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 130.00 Mn
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -538.00 Mn
10 Albemarle 18.85 Bn 18.02 Bn 500.97 Mn 247.57 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 898.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 898.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 954.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 954.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 891.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 891.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.67 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 796.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 796.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 906.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 906.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.58 Bn