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It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that Linde plc: Linde Reports Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2023 Results (Earnings Release Tables Attached).
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Stocks Info
Linde Plc. is listed on the NASDAQ in the Basic Materials sector while operating in the Specialty Chemicals industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $435.96 and fluctuated between $439.40 as its day high and $434.19 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Linde Plc. is $211.39B. A total of 1.84 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.74M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Pfann Oliver sold 300 shares of LIN for 414.61 per share on Feb 08. After the transaction, the Senior Vice President, EMEA now owns 0 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 14, Durbin Sean sold 1,245 shares at 387.63 per share. LIN shares that Executive VP, North America owns now total 8,149.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Bichara Guillermo disposed of 12,484 shares on Sep 07 at a per-share price of $386.53. This resulted in the Exec VP& Chief Legal Officer holding 27,161 shares of LIN after the transaction. In another insider transaction, ANGEL STEPHEN F sold 39,695 shares at $391.62 per share on Aug 01. Company shares held by the Director now total 369,611.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Linde Plc. pays an annual dividend of $5.10, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.17%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.61.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for LIN in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $455.65 with high estimates of $485.00 and low estimates of $385.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LIN has a high of $434.77 and a low of $319.23.
As of this writing, LIN has an earnings estimate of $3.67 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 14 estimates, with a high estimate of $3.71 per share and a lower estimate of $3.64. The company reported an EPS of $3.63 in the last quarter, which was 1.70% higher than expectations of $3.57.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. LIN’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $2.82B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $15.22B in debt and $13.64B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $80.22, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $45.44B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LIN is Buy with a score of 4.53.
