Linde (LIN) closed at $498.43 on Oct 16, 2026, up 1.1% on the day. The stock is up 8.7% over the past month, down 2.7% over three months, up 17.7% year to date and up 11.5% over the past year. It trades 9.1% below its 52-week high of $548.20 and 29.4% above its 52-week low of $385.26. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($478.77) and above its 200-day moving average ($488.28).
NextPick tracks LIN in its Chemicals basket alongside ECL, APD, PPG, DOW and LYB. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 29 (weak inflow), and the basket is up 3.6% over five sessions. Over the past month LIN ranks 1st of 9 basket members by price change.
LIN is scheduled to report earnings on Oct 29, 2026, before market open. Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 2.4% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 1 of 8.
LIN options were pricing 25% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 9, 2026, an IV rank of 64 over the past year.
Linde is scheduled to report on Oct 29, 2026, before market open.
Over the last 8 reports, LIN moved an average of 2.4% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 1 of 8 reports.
Yes — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $498.43 is 2.1% above the 200-day average of $488.28.
LIN closed 9.1% below its 52-week high of $548.20.
NextPick groups LIN with ECL, APD, PPG, DOW and LYB in its Chemicals basket.
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company worldwide. The company offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. It also engages in the design and construction of turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for its gas businesses, including air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. The company serves the healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics industries. It operates in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, China, Australia, South Korea, and India. Linde plc was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.
