$474.65▲ +1.28 · +0.3%from $473.37 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$476.19
High
$480.56
Low
$474.55
Day's range
$6.01.3% of the previous close
VWAP
$476.88close −0.47% from it
Volume, shares
2.64M1.33× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.26B
Trades
62.9K42 shares per trade
Previous close
$473.37+1.28 to the close
Market cap
$218.80Bat the close of Sep 30
Day range2% of the way up
$474.55$480.56
52-week range22% of the way up
$454.19 Sep 18$548.20 Jul 7
−13% from the high · +4.5% from the low
The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 41% · puts 59% of OI
1.46
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.09
$475.00
max pain
+0.07% from the close
$480.00
most call OI
590 contracts · +1.1% from the close
▲ +4.5%
option OI on the day
+2.31K contracts · 54K open
Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 1.46 puts per call by open interest, option OI +4.5% on the day, the most call OI sits at $480.00, the most put OI at $475.00, max pain $475.00.
Options
Sep 30 open interest · 10 expiries listed
LIN options carry 54K contracts of open interest across 10 expiries, 18% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.46 puts per call.
Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 10 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
Expiry
Call OI · on the day
Put OI · on the day
Puts per call
Share of OI %
Strikes
Oct 1616 days
4.59K+2
5.01K−16
1.09
18
63
Nov 2051 days
4.08K+1.05K
8.05K+1.03K
1.97
22
72
Dec 1879 days
2.9K+4
4.24K−3
1.46
13
80
Jan 15107 days
4.76K−11
7.76K−5
1.63
23
69
Mar 19170 days
2.08K+8
2.73K+39
1.31
8.9
44
Apr 16198 days
640
219+14
3.42
0.52
54
Jun 17260 days
1.09K+10
2.23K+17
2.05
6.1
66
Sep 17352 days
554+14
628+129
1.13
2.2
62
82% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 63 strikes listed for it · 54K contracts open in all
Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days
The Oct 16 contract holds 4.59K calls and 5.01K puts, the most call OI at $480.00 and the most put OI at $475.00; max pain $475.00, +0.07% from the close.
Call OI, contracts
4.59K+2 on the day
Put OI, contracts
5.01K−16 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.09all expiries 1.46
Max pain
$475.00+0.07% from the close
Strikes listed
63for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
476
$500.00
583
$490.00
590
$480.00
$475.00
844
$460.00
626
$450.00
379
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+2
$500.00
$485.00
+5
+1
$480.00
+4
$475.00
+2
+1
$460.00
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close · hover or tap a session and the read beside the chart follows it
Revenue $9.29B, +9.3% on a year earlier; profit $1.93B, +9.2% in the Jun 2026 quarter, consolidated.
Last 8 quarters, consolidatedUS dollars as filed · year on year against the same quarter a year earlier · market: close on the first session after the filing against the last close before it, S&P 500 over the same session
Quarterly results of LIN on the consolidated basis with the market's move on the first session after each filing
Quarter
Revenue $
Revenue YoY
Profit $
Profit YoY
EPS $
Market on the day
Jun 2026filed Jul 31
$9.29B
▲ +9.3%
$1.93B
▲ +9.2%
4.15
▲ +0.4%S&P 500 +1.4% · −1.0 pp
Mar 2026filed May 1
$8.78B
▲ +8.3%
$1.86B
▲ +11%
3.98
▼ −2.8%S&P 500 −0.4% · −2.5 pp
Dec 2025filed Feb 25
$8.76B
▲ +5.8%
$1.53B
▼ −11%
3.28
—not reached
Sep 2025filed Oct 31
$8.62B
▲ +3.1%
$1.93B
▲ +24%
4.09
—not reached
Jun 2025filed Jul 31
$8.49B
▲ +2.8%
$1.77B
▲ +6.2%
3.73
▲ +0.4%S&P 500 +1.4% · −1.0 pp
Mar 2025filed May 1
$8.11B
▲ +0.15%
$1.67B
▲ +2.8%
3.51
▼ −2.8%S&P 500 −0.4% · −2.5 pp
Dec 2024filed Feb 26
$8.28B
▼ −0.24%
$1.73B
▲ +12%
3.61
—not reached
Sep 2024filed Oct 31
$8.36B
▲ +2.5%
$1.55B
▼ −0.96%
3.22
—not reached
By fiscal yearfiscal years as filed in the 10-K · named by the year the fiscal year ends
Financial-year results of LIN on the consolidated basis, summed from the quarters filed
Year
Revenue $
Revenue YoY
Profit $
Profit YoY
EPS $
FY25to Dec 2025
$33.99B
▲ +3.0%
$6.90B
▲ +5.1%
14.61
FY24to Dec 2024
$33.01B
▲ +0.46%
$6.57B
▲ +5.9%
13.62
FY23to Dec 2023
$32.85B
▼ −1.5%
$6.20B
▲ +49%
12.59
FY22to Dec 2022
$33.36B
▲ +8.3%
$4.15B
▲ +8.4%
8.23
FY21to Dec 2021
$30.79B
▲ +13%
$3.83B
▲ +53%
7.33
Fundamentals
consolidated · filings to Jun 2026 · close $474.65 on Sep 30
LIN trades at 31 times trailing earnings, 5.6 times book value, revenue +6.6% over twelve months, a 0.67% dividend yield, market cap $218.80B.
Valuation
Market cap
$218.80Bon Sep 30
Price to earnings
31consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Trailing EPS
$15.50diluted · consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Price to book
5.6consolidated · balance sheet to Jun 2026
Book value a share
$84.78consolidated · balance sheet to Jun 2026
Debt to equity
0.59borrowings over equity · consolidated · balance sheet to Jun 2026
Return on equity
19%trailing profit over average equity · consolidated
Dividend yield
0.67%$3.20 a share in 365 days
Price to sales
6.2market cap over revenue, four quarters to Jun 2026
Shares outstanding
461Mon Sep 30
Growthsums of the four quarters filed to Jun 2026 · growth against the four quarters before them · consolidated
Revenue, trailing 12 months
$35.45Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Revenue growth, 12 months
▲ +6.6%against the twelve months before
Revenue 3-year CAGR
▲ +2.3%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated
Profit, trailing 12 months
$7.24Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Profit growth, 12 months
▲ +7.9%against the twelve months before
Profit 3-year CAGR
▲ +8.4%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated
Shareholding
SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5
No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.
Insider tradesSEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 · the latest 10
LIN insider trades
Insider
Trade
Shares
Price
Held after
Innocenzi StefanosOfficer
withheld for tax · Jun 8, 2026
2,062
$507.90
1,973
Innocenzi StefanosOfficer
exercised · Jun 8, 2026
4,035
$0.00
4,035
WOOD ROBERT LDirector
sold · May 15, 2026
4,335
$506.39
9,248
WOOD ROBERT LDirector
sold · May 14, 2026
880
$508.76
13,583
Patwari BinodOfficer
exercised · Mar 9, 2026
195
$0.00
5,082
Patwari BinodOfficer
exercised · Mar 9, 2026
195
$0.00
5,277
Patwari BinodOfficer
exercised · Mar 9, 2026
548
$0.00
4,887
Bichara GuillermoOfficer
sold · Mar 10, 2026
4,357
$480.79
22,138
Durbin SeanOfficer
sold · Mar 10, 2026
4,114
$477.78
8,151
Durbin SeanOfficer
exercised · Mar 10, 2026
7,045
$173.13
15,196
Corporate actions
exchange records
Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $1.60 a share, ex-date Sep 3, 2026.
Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of LIN, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-date
Action
Amount or ratio
Record date
recent
Sep 3, 2026
dividend
$1.60
—
Jun 4, 2026
dividend
$1.60
—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
$3.20a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$1.60ex-date Sep 3, 2026
Price history
131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day
LIN is −2.5% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 13% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 13% annualised.
Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
Window
From $
LIN %
S&P 500 %
Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9
$503.29
▼ −5.7%
▲ +12%
−18
60 sessionssince Jul 7
$538.21
▼ −12%
▲ +2.0%
−14
20 sessionssince Sep 1
$486.77
▼ −2.5%
▲ +0.11%
−2.6
5 sessionssince Sep 23
$469.72
▲ +1.1%
▼ −0.67%
+1.7
1 sessionsince Sep 29
$473.37
▲ +0.27%
▼ −0.21%
+0.48
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$471.62close +0.64% from it
20-session average
$468.43close +1.3% from it
50-session average
$481.87close −1.5% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$7.01.5% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$7.11.5% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.33×2.64M vs 2.04M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
13%≈ ±0.85% a session · moved more than that on 7 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
19%≈ ±1.2% a session · moved more than that on 12 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
-0.10moved with S&P 500 on 29 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
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