Share buybacks · 2016–2025
Linde share buybacks
$4.6B+2.7% · FY2025
Linde (LIN) reported $4.6B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +2.7% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $4.6B | +2.7% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $4.5B | +13.2% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $4.0B | −23.4% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $5.2B | +12.1% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $4.6B | +87.7% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $2.5B | −7.6% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $2.7B | +343.7% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $599M | +4,891.7% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $12.0M | −94.7% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $228M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth +39.6%
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001628280-26-011430 · February 25, 2026
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