Linde LIN
$515.25 −$5.98 (-1.15%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $514.89 -0.07%
Open$510.86
Prev close$521.23
Day range$510.01 – $522.00
Volume2.39M
Market cap$236.54B
P/E (TTM)34.2
Dividend yield1.22%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership88.5%+0.55 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,953-6 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)30 buys / 13 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.34% of floatDays to cover 2.9 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share18.3%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$56.53M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 27.8% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has risen from 1.21% to 1.34% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild and Co Wealth Management UK Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,067,089 | 0.2% |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,985,469 | 2.6% |
| Lone Pine Capital LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,558,081 | 0.3% |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +734,915 | 0.2% |
| State Street Global Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +719,052 | 4.4% |
| Employees Provident Fund | Government Pension Fund | 2026/Q3 | +653,450 | 0.1% |
| Union Asset Management Holding AG | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +504,309 | 0.2% |
| Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +488,984 | 0.2% |
| Capital Research | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +456,791 | 5.2% |
| BlackRock | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +429,603 | 8.1% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +402,888 | 0.7% |
| Janus Henderson Group plc | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +360,292 | 0.1% |
| Edgewood Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +357,013 | 0.1% |
| D1 Capital Partners L.P. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +341,538 | 0.1% |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | Private Company | 2026/Q3 | +307,517 | 0.1% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +18 | – | 163 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Hugh Grant | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +72 | – | 652 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Armando Botello | Senior Vice President of APAC | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 15,261 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Open Market Acquisition | +100 | $479.12 | 816 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +15 | – | 145 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Hugh Grant | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +63 | – | 579 |
| 7 Jun 2026 | Stefano Innocenzi | Senior Vice President Linde Engineering | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -2,062 | $507.90 | 1,973 |
| 7 Jun 2026 | Stefano Innocenzi | Senior Vice President Linde Engineering | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +1,973 | – | 1,973 |
| 14 May 2026 | Denny Brown | Chief Accounting Officer | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 18,059 |
| 14 May 2026 | Robert Wood | Lead Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -5,215 | $508.76 | 9,248 |
| 13 May 2026 | Robert Wood | Lead Independent Director | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -880 | $508.76 | – |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Stephen Angel | Former Chairperson | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -35,010 | $505.96 | – |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +17 | – | 129 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Hugh Grant | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +68 | – | 516 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Sean Durbin | COO & EVP | Open Market Disposition | -4,114 | $477.78 | 8,151 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Sean Durbin | COO & EVP | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -7,045 | $476.54 | 8,151 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Guillermo Bichara | Chief Legal Officer | Automatic Disposition | -4,357 | $480.79 | 25,083 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +19 | – | 112 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | Paula G. Reynolds | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +473 | – | 473 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | Hugh Grant | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +79 | – | 447 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 6,196,967 | 1.3% | 2.9 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 5,987,857 | 1.3% | 2.8 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 5,869,016 | 1.3% | 3.2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 5,392,480 | 1.2% | 2.7 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 4,915,056 | 1.1% | 2.4 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 5,593,695 | 1.2% | 2.6 |
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