Linde plc (LIN)
S&P 500 · Nasdaq-100 · Top 100 by market cap · Materials · data since 1992-06-17 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.18%
7d
-0.18%
30d
-0.67%
YTD
+20.55%
1y
+9.77%
Linde plc (LIN) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.2 | 11.2 | -2.1 | 1.1 | -0.7 | 4.3 | -1.3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | -2.7 | 3.2 | 0.7 | -1.9 | 3.9 | -0.4 | -11.9 | -1.9 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | -1.4 | 10.9 | 3.8 | -5.0 | -1.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | -4.3 | 1.1 | -8.9 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 3.9 | -4.3 | 8.1 | 2.5 | -0.9 | -3.5 | 2.6 | 8.3 | -0.4 |
| 2022 | -8.0 | -8.0 | 9.4 | -2.3 | 4.1 | -11.1 | 5.0 | -6.3 | -4.3 | 10.3 | 13.2 | -2.7 |
| 2021 | -6.9 | -0.5 | 15.2 | 2.0 | 5.2 | -3.5 | 6.3 | 2.3 | -6.4 | 8.8 | -0.3 | 9.3 |
| 2020 | -4.6 | -6.0 | -9.0 | 6.3 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 1.9 | -4.3 | -7.5 | 16.4 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.2 | -4.7 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -7.3 | -3.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 5.9 | -5.1 | 1.6 | 3.0 | -3.9 | -1.4 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 | -1.8 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | -2.3 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 2.6 | -6.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | -0.4 | -3.1 | 2.8 | -2.0 |
| 2015 | -6.9 | 6.1 | -5.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -2.1 | -4.5 | -7.3 | -3.0 | 9.1 | 1.5 | -8.6 |
| 2014 | -4.1 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | -3.5 | 2.7 | -1.4 | -2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 2013 | 0.8 | 2.4 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 | -2.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| 2012 | -0.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 0.9 | -8.2 | 2.9 | -4.6 | 1.7 | -1.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | -2.5 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | -0.5 | 2.9 | -4.4 | -5.0 | -4.6 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | -6.2 | -0.2 | 11.1 | 0.9 | -7.4 | -1.5 | 14.3 | -0.9 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 4.9 | -8.8 | 19.4 | 10.9 | -1.9 | -2.4 | 10.0 | -2.0 | 7.2 | -2.8 | 3.3 | -1.6 |
| 2008 | -9.0 | -0.5 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 4.1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -4.2 | -19.8 | -9.2 | -9.4 | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 6.3 | -2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | -1.3 | 11.2 | 2.0 | -0.1 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | -0.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | -6.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 | -4.5 |
| 2005 | -2.3 | 3.9 | 7.2 | -2.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 6.0 | -2.2 | -0.4 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| 2004 | -7.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | -1.5 | 1.2 | 8.3 | -1.1 | 2.9 | 5.7 | -1.3 | 6.4 | -1.4 |
| 2003 | -5.6 | -3.1 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 7.6 | -1.3 | -2.6 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 5.1 | -0.3 | 3.6 | -4.5 | -1.9 | 2.1 | -8.2 | 7.1 | -8.5 | 6.6 | 8.3 | -1.8 |
| 2001 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | -6.2 | -3.5 | 3.8 | -10.5 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 4.7 |
| 2000 | -19.0 | -17.2 | 23.9 | 6.8 | -5.5 | -10.5 | 5.7 | 11.9 | -15.3 | -0.3 | -3.5 | 24.0 |
| 1999 | -8.3 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 43.5 | -4.6 | -0.6 | -5.8 | 1.9 | -1.8 | 1.6 | -4.5 | 13.1 |
| 1998 | -7.9 | 15.4 | 7.9 | -2.2 | -2.0 | -4.8 | 5.2 | -27.2 | -8.6 | 23.1 | -5.1 | -7.4 |
| 1997 | 0.5 | 5.1 | -7.7 | 15.0 | 1.9 | 6.6 | -1.6 | -3.1 | -4.0 | -14.9 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 15.9 | -3.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | -9.2 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 9.9 | -5.0 |
| 1995 | -1.8 | 12.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 12.6 | -7.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 15.8 |
| 1994 | 13.5 | -0.7 | -7.0 | 10.1 | 6.5 | -4.0 | 15.4 | 1.1 | 7.5 | -5.1 | -12.4 | 1.6 |
| 1993 | -0.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | -11.3 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.8 | -1.6 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| 1992 | · | · | · | · | · | 1.6 | -6.2 | 6.6 | -0.4 | -1.6 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
| Avg | -1.4 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | -0.2 | -1.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -1.4% | +1.9% | +4.2% | +3.4% | +0.6% | +0.8% | +2.1% | -0.2% | -1.1% | +1.9% | +2.4% | +2.2% |
| Win rate | 38%/34 | 65%/34 | 79%/34 | 71%/34 | 59%/34 | 63%/35 | 56%/34 | 50%/34 | 41%/34 | 65%/34 | 71%/34 | 65%/34 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-51.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.7%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
60%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+43.5%
1999-04
Worst month
-27.16%
1998-08
Longest streaks
7▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Linde plc
Linde plc supplies the raw ingredients everyone else takes credit for — with price receipts on this site going back to 1992. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1992) would be about $11,323 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 1999 at +43.5%; its worst, August 1998 at -27.16%.
- It has closed March in the green 27 out of 34 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.