Linde (LIN) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Linde (LIN) has 10 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 27.78% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 85.0% year-over-year to 27.78%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.48% (up 6.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 26.25%, up 9.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin improved to 27.78% in Q1 2026, from 23.03% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 27.78% in Q1 2026 to a low of 6.96% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 23.53% and a median of 24.96% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 809 bps in 2022 and jumped 1755 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Tracing LIN's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 21.36% in 2022, then grew by 14 bps to 24.43% in 2023, then climbed by 12 bps to 27.41% in 2024, then dropped by 16 bps to 23.03% in 2025, then climbed by 21 bps to 27.78% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows LIN's Operating Margin at 27.78% in Q1 2026, 23.03% in Q4 2025, and 27.48% in Q3 2025.