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Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $31.0B and $36.1B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $10B+ filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $29.0B to $38.3B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (9 filers, $50M+ revenue, industrial inorganic chemicals): operating margin 26.3% against a 3.0% median; growth 3.0% against -1.3%.", "peers": { "sic": 2810, "sicDescription": "Industrial Inorganic Chemicals", "calendarYear": 2025, "minRevenue": 50000000, "depth": 4, "group": "2810", "growth": [ -0.0132, 9 ], "opMargin": [ 0.0305, 9 ], "equityRatio": [ 0.4405, 9 ], "returnOnEquity": [ -0.0256, 9 ] }, "summary": "Linde (LIN) grew revenue 3.0% in FY2025 to $34.0 billion, operating margin 26.3% against a 3.0% median for industrial inorganic chemicals, equity 44.1% of assets, and dividend per share up 9 years running. 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Linde plc against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 3.0%26.3%Revenue, on the yearPeer median -1.3%3.0%Equity of assetsPeer median 44.0%44.1%Return on equityPeer median -2.6%18.5%Payout of profit39.8%Gold tick: the median of 9–9 peers with $50M+ revenue in industrial inorganic chemicals
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit39.8% paid out60.2% keptHanded back per share$6up 9 years runningGrowth its own profit can fund11.1%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed3.0%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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