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Linde (LIN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 50.82 (As of May. 18, 2024)


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What is Linde Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-18), Linde's current share price is $432.52. Linde's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $8.51. Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 50.82.

The historical rank and industry rank for Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LIN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 37.65   Med: 48.74   Max: 61.62
Current: 50.49

During the past years, Linde's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 61.62. The lowest was 37.65. And the median was 48.74.

LIN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
71.13% of 575 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 25.01 vs LIN: 50.49

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Linde's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.866. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $8.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Linde Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Linde Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Linde Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.15 56.99 57.90 44.91 49.86

Linde Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.76 48.11 45.74 49.86 54.56

Competitive Comparison of Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Linde Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Linde's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=432.52/8.51
=50.82

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Linde's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Linde's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1.866/131.7762*131.7762
=1.866

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Linde Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 1.564 100.560 2.050
201409 0.959 100.428 1.258
201412 1.052 99.070 1.399
201503 0.381 99.621 0.504
201506 1.269 100.684 1.661
201509 0.943 100.392 1.238
201512 1.409 99.792 1.861
201603 0.802 100.470 1.052
201606 1.213 101.688 1.572
201609 1.430 101.861 1.850
201612 1.157 101.863 1.497
201703 1.333 102.862 1.708
201706 1.303 103.349 1.661
201709 1.639 104.136 2.074
201712 1.709 104.011 2.165
201803 1.248 105.290 1.562
201806 1.509 106.317 1.870
201809 1.684 106.507 2.084
201812 1.137 105.998 1.414
201903 0.524 107.251 0.644
201906 0.269 108.070 0.328
201909 1.674 108.329 2.036
201912 2.145 108.420 2.607
202003 1.017 108.902 1.231
202006 1.854 108.767 2.246
202009 2.068 109.815 2.482
202012 2.657 109.897 3.186
202103 2.556 111.754 3.014
202106 2.068 114.631 2.377
202109 3.490 115.734 3.974
202112 4.635 117.630 5.192
202203 2.642 121.301 2.870
202206 2.587 125.017 2.727
202209 3.739 125.227 3.935
202212 2.327 125.222 2.449
202303 2.177 127.348 2.253
202306 2.616 128.729 2.678
202309 3.201 129.860 3.248
202312 3.226 129.419 3.285
202403 1.866 131.776 1.866

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Linde  (NAS:LIN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Linde (LIN) Business Description

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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.
Executives
Sean Durbin officer: Executive VP, EMEA C/O LINDE PLC, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 XY7
Guillermo Bichara officer: Senior VP& Chief Legal Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Oliver Pfann officer: Senior Vice President, EMEA FORGE, 43 CHURCH STREET WEST, WOKING SURREY X0 GU216HT
Stephen F Angel director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Hugh Grant director C/O PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., 1 PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15272
Kelcey E Hoyt officer: Principal Accounting Officer 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
David P Strauss officer: Senior VP & Chief HR Officer 10 RIVERVIEW DRIVE, DANBURY CT 06810
Andreas Opfermann officer: Executive VP, Americas C/O LINDE, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Sanjiv Lamba officer: Chief Operating Officer THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY RD, SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
Mr. Franz Fehrenbach Director
Franz Fehrenbach director THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, THE SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY
John Panikar officer: Executive VP, APAC 39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810-5113
Alberto Weisser director
Josef Kaeser director HIGH TECH CAMPUS 60, EINDHOVEN P7 5656AG
Juergen Nowicki officer: Executive VP, Engineering C/O LINDE PLC, THE PRIESTLEY CENTRE, 10 PRIESTLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY X0 GU2 7XY