Dividends

LINLinde

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+1.0% today · +25.4% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 76% of the instruments we score

Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 34.1). Dividend yield 1.21%.

Linde (LIN) dividends: trailing yield 1.21%, next ex-dividend date 3 Dec 2026, Dividend Safety 84/100, not lowered for 24 years, 5-year growth 8.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.21%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.23%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$6.30
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
84 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.21% → 0.94%
Forward
1.23% → 0.95%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (Ireland)
20.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
77.35%
  • Source country assumed: Ireland (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • Other EU countries withhold 15–26.375 % by law; we model 20 %. Treaty relief is often only by reclaim.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.94%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
03 Dec 2026
Payment date
17 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$1.60
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+8.7%
Years without a lower dividend
24
Years without a cut of over 10 %
24
Payout ratio (earnings)
42%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
57%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.75, 2017 $3.15, 2018 $3.30, 2019 $3.50, 2020 $3.85, 2021 $4.24, 2022 $4.68, 2023 $5.10, 2024 $5.56, 2025 $6.002016: $0.752017: $3.152018: $3.302019: $3.502020: $3.852021: $4.242022: $4.682023: $5.102024: $5.562025: $6.00

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
03 Dec 202617 Dec 2026$1.60RegularAnnounced1
03 Sep 2026—$1.60RegularSingle source2
04 Jun 2026—$1.60RegularSingle source2
11 Mar 2026—$1.60RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

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