Growth Metrics

Linde (LIN) Operating Margin (2017 - 2025)

Linde's Operating Margin history spans 9 years, with the latest figure at 23.03% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 438.0% year-over-year to 23.03%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 26.25%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 26.25%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 23.03% at Linde, down from 27.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 27.71% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 6.96% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 24.01% (2023), against an average of 21.85%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin crashed -809bps in 2022 before it surged 1755bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 16.11% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 33bps to 21.36% in 2022, then rose by 14bps to 24.43% in 2023, then increased by 12bps to 27.41% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 23.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LIN's Operating Margin are 23.03% (Q4 2025), 27.48% (Q3 2025), and 27.71% (Q2 2025).