Linde (LIN) Long-Term Investments (2016 - 2025)

Linde's (LIN) quarterly Long-Term Investments came in at $2.0 billion in Q4 2025, down 5.4% year-on-year from $2.1 billion in Q4 2024, and down 5.4% quarter-over-quarter from $2.1 billion in Q4 2024.

Linde (LIN) Long-Term Investments (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Linde has disclosed Long-Term Investments across 10 years of filings, most recently posting $2.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Long-Term Investments for Q4 2025 came in at $2.0 billion, down 5.4% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $2.0 billion (down 5.4% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.0 billion, down 5.4% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Investments came in at $2.0 billion for Q4 2025 at Linde, down from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Long-Term Investments ranged from a high of $2.6 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of $2.0 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Long-Term Investments is $2.2 billion (2023), against an average of $2.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Long-Term Investments rose 27.07% in 2021 and declined 10.27% in 2022, its largest moves.
  • Linde's Long-Term Investments stood at $2.6 billion in 2021, then slipped by 10.27% to $2.4 billion in 2022, then dropped by 6.81% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then dropped by 2.74% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then fell by 5.4% to $2.0 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Long-Term Investments figures came in at $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), $2.1 billion (Q4 2024), and $2.2 billion (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Long-Term Investments (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn -
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 -
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 2.90 Mn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 5.41 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 346.00 Mn
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn -
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 452.00 Mn
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.93 Bn
10 Albemarle 18.85 Bn 18.02 Bn 500.97 Mn 1.02 Bn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 2.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 2.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 2.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 727.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 243.00 Mn