Linde (LIN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer NTR or LIN?

Nutrien presently has a consensus target price of $59.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.49%. Linde has a consensus target price of $498.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Linde.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Linde	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$25.97B	1.00	$1.26B	$1.37	38.89
Linde	$33.01B	6.42	$6.57B	$13.61	32.92

Does the media prefer NTR or LIN?

In the previous week, Linde had 10 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Linde and 24 mentions for Nutrien. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Nutrien's score of 1.14 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Linde	30 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NTR or LIN a better dividend stock?

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Nutrien pays out 159.1% 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 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, NTR or LIN?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTR or LIN?

Nutrien received 83 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.88% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 442 62.17%	Underperform Votes 269 37.83%
Linde	Outperform Votes 359 63.88%	Underperform Votes 203 36.12%

Is NTR or LIN more profitable?

Linde has a net margin of 19.89% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.62%. Linde's return on equity of 18.71% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	2.62%	6.81%	3.23%
Linde	19.89%	18.71%	9.25%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NTR or LIN?

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

Summary

Linde beats Nutrien on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.