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Linde (LIN) Return on Sales (2017 - 2025)

Linde's Return on Sales history spans 9 years, with the latest figure at 0.17% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.17%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.2%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.2%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.17% at Linde, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.22% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.19% (2023), against an average of 0.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 19bps in 2023 before it dropped -3bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then tumbled by -75bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 312438bps to 0.19% in 2023, then increased by 13bps to 0.21% in 2024, then fell by -16bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LIN's Return on Sales are 0.17% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.21% (Q2 2025).