Growth Metrics

Linde (LIN) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2025)

Linde's Operating Expenses history spans 8 years, with the latest figure at -$206.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 57.08% year-over-year to -$206.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.5 billion, up 8.87%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.5 billion, 54.7% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was -$206.0 million at Linde, down from $922.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.6 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$480.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $862.5 million (2021), against an average of $656.4 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Expenses soared 284.89% in 2023 before it tumbled 155.24% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$466.0 million in 2021, then decreased by 0.86% to -$470.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 284.89% to $869.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 155.24% to -$480.0 million in 2024, then soared by 57.08% to -$206.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LIN's Operating Expenses are -$206.0 million (Q4 2025), $922.0 million (Q3 2025), and $908.0 million (Q2 2025).