Linde plc (LIN): return on invested capital, 10 filed years
ROIC at Linde plc was 11.3% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 8 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 3.5% (FY2019) to 11.8% (FY2024), with a median of 9.3%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 11.3%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROIC | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 11.7% | 10-K, filed 2019-03-18 |
| FY2017 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 10-K, filed 2019-03-18 |
| FY2018 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 10-K, filed 2019-03-18 |
| FY2019 | 3.5% | 10-K, filed 2020-03-02 |
| FY2020 | 4.1% | 10-K, filed 2021-03-01 |
| FY2021 | 6.7% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-28 |
| FY2022 | 7.5% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-28 |
| FY2023 | 11.2% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-28 |
| FY2024 | 11.8% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-26 |
| FY2025 | 11.3% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-25 |
How each year is computed
Operating income x (1 - effective tax rate) / (equity + total debt - cash) x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.