Earnings call briefSecond-quarter 2026
Linde raises low end of full-year EPS guidance to $17.70 to $17.90
Linde said its sale-of-gas backlog will finish the year with an 8 handle, based on current opportunities, despite bringing on up to $1.3 billion of investments.
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Linde said on its second-quarter call that it is keeping its back-half guidance assumption as before. Linde said it expects to start up more than 20 projects over the rest of the year. Chief Executive Officer Sanjiv Lamba said the company is evaluating the strategic fit of its U.S. homecare business, Lincare.
Quotes from the call
“And you certainly heard from me say that I expect that we will end this year on the backlog with a 8 handle despite bringing on investments of up to $1.3 billion.”
Key facts from the call
- Updated full-year EPS guidance
- $17.70 to $17.90, or 8% to 9% growth excluding a 1% FX tailwind assumption; bottom end raised by $0.10, top unchanged
- Third-quarter EPS guidance
- $4.45 to $4.55
- Expected year-end sale-of-gas backlog
- An 8 handle, based on current opportunities
Source: Linde's second-quarter 2026 earnings call, July 31, 2026.
Written by GetSignal with AI from the company's earnings call.
Not investment advice.
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