Linde (LIN) Competitors

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Is NTR or LIN more profitable?

Linde has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.79%. Linde's return on equity of 18.16% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	2.79%	6.99%	3.32%
Linde	19.33%	18.16%	9.05%

Do analysts prefer NTR or LIN?

Nutrien presently has a consensus target price of $59.21, indicating a potential upside of 14.78%. Linde has a consensus target price of $495.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.70%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Linde.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Linde	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NTR or LIN?

63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Linde shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, NTR or LIN?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NTR or LIN?

In the previous week, Linde had 10 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Linde and 13 mentions for Nutrien. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Nutrien's score of 0.82 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Linde	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTR or LIN?

Nutrien received 80 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.69% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 62.73% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 436 62.73%	Underperform Votes 259 37.27%
Linde	Outperform Votes 356 63.69%	Underperform Votes 203 36.31%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NTR or LIN?

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Nutrien. Linde is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien	$26.56B	0.95	$1.26B	$1.49	34.62
Linde	$32.85B	6.32	$6.20B	$13.17	33.11

Is NTR or LIN a better dividend stock?

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Linde pays an annual dividend of $5.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nutrien pays out 145.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Linde pays out 42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Linde beats Nutrien on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.