TTM
14.7%
YoY change
+0.05pp
Trough year (1996)
-6.5%
Peak year (2021)
21.6%
Latest annual
15.0%
FCF Margin history chart for Linde (LIN) from 1991 to 2025
Latest: 15.0%
FCF Margin change chart for Linde (LIN) from 1991 to 2025
Latest: +0.05pp
FCF Margin history table for Linde (LIN) from 1991 to 2025
| 2025 | 15.0% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2024 | 14.9% | -1.87pp | ||
| 2023 | 16.8% | -0.26pp | ||
| 2022 | 17.1% | -4.50pp | ||
| 2021 | 21.6% | +6.77pp | ||
| 2020 | 14.8% | +5.91pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.9% | -3.38pp | ||
| 2018 | 12.3% | -2.87pp | ||
| 2017 | 15.1% | +2.71pp | ||
| 2016 | 12.4% | +1.83pp | ||
| 2015 | 10.6% | +0.98pp | ||
| 2014 | 9.6% | +2.08pp | ||
| 2013 | 7.5% | +2.43pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.1% | -0.75pp | ||
| 2011 | 5.8% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2010 | 5.1% | -4.00pp | ||
| 2009 | 9.1% | +5.16pp | ||
| 2008 | 4.0% | -2.24pp | ||
| 2007 | 6.2% | -1.64pp | ||
| 2006 | 7.8% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2005 | 7.8% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.7% | +5.98pp | ||
| 2003 | 2.7% | -7.07pp | ||
| 2002 | 9.8% | +1.57pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.2% | +4.37pp | ||
| 2000 | 3.9% | -2.60pp | ||
| 1999 | 6.5% | +3.26pp | ||
| 1998 | 3.2% | +6.38pp | ||
| 1997 | -3.2% | +3.28pp | ||
| 1996 | -6.5% | -6.80pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.3% | -7.84pp | ||
| 1994 | 8.2% | +1.01pp | ||
| 1993 | 7.2% | +7.06pp | ||
| 1992 | 0.1% | +4.12pp | ||
| 1991 | -4.0% | — |
- 202515.0%+0.05pp
- 202414.9%-1.87pp
- 202316.8%-0.26pp
- 202217.1%-4.50pp
- 202121.6%+6.77pp
- 202014.8%+5.91pp
- 20198.9%-3.38pp
- 201812.3%-2.87pp
- 201715.1%+2.71pp
- 201612.4%+1.83pp
- 201510.6%+0.98pp
- 20149.6%+2.08pp
- 20137.5%+2.43pp
- 20125.1%-0.75pp
- 20115.8%+0.74pp
- 20105.1%-4.00pp
- 20099.1%+5.16pp
- 20084.0%-2.24pp
- 20076.2%-1.64pp
- 20067.8%+0.02pp
- 20057.8%-0.91pp
- 20048.7%+5.98pp
- 20032.7%-7.07pp
- 20029.8%+1.57pp
- 20018.2%+4.37pp
- 20003.9%-2.60pp
- 19996.5%+3.26pp
- 19983.2%+6.38pp
- 1997-3.2%+3.28pp
- 1996-6.5%-6.80pp
- 19950.3%-7.84pp
- 19948.2%+1.01pp
- 19937.2%+7.06pp
- 19920.1%+4.12pp
- 1991-4.0%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Linde's reported income statements (interim 6-K and annual 20-F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Linde (LIN)
According to Linde's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 14.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Linde (LIN) free cash flow margin totalled 14.97% – expanded 0.0 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 21.56% in 2021 and its low of -6.45% in 1996.
Linde FCF Margin by Year
Linde FCF Margin 2025: 15.0%
In 2025, Linde reported free cash flow margin of 14.97%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2024.
Linde FCF Margin 2024: 14.9%
Linde free cash flow margin in 2024 was 14.93%, contracted 1.9 percentage points from 2023.
Linde FCF Margin 2023: 16.8%
2023's free cash flow margin for Linde came in at 16.80%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2022.
Linde FCF Margin 2022: 17.1%
Linde posted free cash flow margin of 17.06% in 2022, contracted 4.5 percentage points from 2021.
Linde FCF Margin 2021: 21.6%
Linde free cash flow margin in 2021 was 21.56%.
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