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 businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTR or LIN?

Nutrien received 80 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.73% of users gave Linde an outperform vote while only 62.77% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 435 62.77%	Underperform Votes 258 37.23%
Linde	Outperform Votes 355 63.73%	Underperform Votes 202 36.27%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Is NTR or LIN a better dividend stock?

Nutrien pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, NTR or LIN?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NTR or LIN?

In the previous week, Linde had 7 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Linde and 12 mentions for Nutrien. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Nutrien's score of 0.94 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Linde	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NTR or LIN?

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Nutrien. Nutrien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, 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	0.86	$1.26B	$1.49	31.13
Linde	$33.03B	6.20	$6.20B	$13.17	32.67

Do analysts recommend NTR or LIN?

Nutrien currently has a consensus price target of $58.95, suggesting a potential upside of 27.10%. Linde has a consensus price target of $490.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Nutrien's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nutrien is more favorable than Linde.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Linde	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Summary

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