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Linde sees slower 1st quarter earnings on unfavourable currency effect
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 6, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 6, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
Linde forecasts slower Q1 2025 earnings growth due to unfavorable currency effects, projecting a 3-5% EPS increase. The company's diverse market presence helps mitigate some risks.
(Reuters) -Linde, the world's largest industrial gases company, sees slightly slower earnings growth in the first quarter of 2025, citing unfavourable currency exchange effects.
The U.S.-German company, which supplies gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen to factories and hospitals, expects the first quarter adjusted earnings per share to be in a range of $3.85 to $3.95, a 3% to 5% rise from the same period last year.
"As anticipated, global macro conditions have continued to weaken, especially foreign currency translation," CEO Sanjiv Lamba said in a statement.
Linde is seen as a bellwether for industrial production as it supplies gases for a range of customers in sectors including chemicals, manufacturing, steel-making, and food and beverages.
This diversified footprint can help the company cope with weakness in some end markets, as others can compensate for it. Linde has regularly beaten earnings estimates or raised its guidance in recent years.
The Woking Surrey-based company reported an 11% rise in its fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share to $3.97, ahead of analysts' mean estimate of $3.93 per share in an LSEG poll.
(Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi)
The article discusses Linde's forecast for slower earnings growth in Q1 2025 due to unfavorable currency effects.
Linde expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $3.85 and $3.95, a 3% to 5% increase from the previous year.
Linde's diverse market presence across various sectors helps it manage risks and stabilize performance despite market weaknesses.
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