Linde (STU:LIN) PB Ratio : 5.50 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Linde PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-27), Linde's share price is €415.60. Linde's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €75.50. Hence, Linde's PB Ratio of today is 5.50.

The historical rank and industry rank for Linde's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STU:LIN' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.65 Med: 5.54 Max: 7.96
Current: 5.38

During the past 13 years, Linde's highest PB Ratio was 7.96. The lowest was 1.65. And the median was 5.54.

STU:LIN's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
90.08% of 1533 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.58 vs STU:LIN: 5.38

During the past 12 months, Linde's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 22.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Linde was 82.90% per year. The lowest was -9.00% per year. And the median was 5.85% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio

Linde PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Linde's PB Ratio can be seen below:

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Linde PB Ratio Chart

Linde Annual Data

Trend

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Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

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2.31

2.85

3.99

3.97

4.90

Linde Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.97	4.29	4.64	4.73	4.90

Competitive Comparison of Linde's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Linde's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Linde's PB Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Linde's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Linde's PB Ratio falls into.

Linde PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Linde's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio	=	Share Price	/	Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
	=	415.60	/	75.497
	=	5.50

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PB Ratio

Market Cap

(Total Stockholders Equity

Preferred Stock)

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.

Linde (STU:LIN) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.

Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.

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Linde (STU:LIN) Business Description

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Website

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Linde is the largest industrial gas supplier in the world, with operations in over 100 countries. The firm's main products are atmospheric gases (including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon) and process gases (including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium), as well as equipment used in industrial gas production. Linde serves a wide variety of end markets, including chemicals, manufacturing, healthcare, and steelmaking. Linde generated approximately $33 billion in revenue and $5.4 billion in GAAP operating profit in 2022.