Head to head
Linde vs Ecolab
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: LIN · ECL
LIN
Linde
483.73+0.42%
1-year price shape — +7% over the period
Quant Rating D · 45/100
vs
ECL
Ecolab
281.83+0.05%
1-year price shape — +4% over the period
Quant Rating C · 40/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Linde edges it on the scoreable measures. Linde has the highest Quant Rating (45); Linde has done best over the past year (+7%); Linde trades cheapest on trailing earnings.
| LIN | ECL | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | -- | Specialty Chemicals |
| Last price | 483.73 | 281.83 |
| Change today | +0.42% | +0.05% |
| 1-year return | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| Market cap | $222.99B | $79.01B |
| 52-week range | 384.00 – 546.40 | 241.85 – 306.79 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 31.21 | 37.83 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 8th | 28th |
| P/B | 5.71 | 7.86 |
| Dividend yield | 1.28% | 1.01% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 14.61 | 7.28 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $6.73B | $2.04B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $35.45B | $16.84B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +9.3% | +9.7% |
| Gross margin | 48.3% | 44.1% |
| Operating margin | 27.1% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 20.4% | 12.6% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $4.98B | $1.87B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 87.9% | 92.5% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 33 buy / 13 sell | 40 buy / 7 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Analyst consensus | 87% buy / 13% hold (15) | 93% buy / 7% hold (14) |
| Analyst price target | $557 (+15%) | $323 (+14%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | D (45) | C (40) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 65,177 | 48,000 |
| Founded | 2017 | 1923 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.