LIN dividend analysis

LIN dividend deep dive

LIN returns 4.40% per year through the dividend at the current $114.00 share price. The payout sits at 34% of trailing earnings, leaving 66% as retained capital — the standard line for evaluating dividend safety alongside the company's free-cash-flow trajectory.

Pillar mix backing the LIN dividend: Quality 39/100, Risk 66/100, and a payout-strain adjustment that lands the dividend safety at 45/100. The Risk pillar is the place to look first if leverage or earnings cyclicality is a concern.

Reinvested-distribution math on LIN at $114.00: holding yield (4.40%) and growth (10.4%) constant, the cumulative income compounds to roughly 26.8% over 5 years, 60.7% over 10, 158.2% over 20.

On the peer line for LIN: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The cohort-mean yield (3.13%) sets the baseline; the 4.40% read on LIN is 1.27 pp above that anchor.

For LIN cash-flow planning: ex-date 2026-03-01, settlement 2026-03-15, quarterly run-rate $1.255/share. Annualized: $5.02.

LIN synthesis: yield 4.40%, growth 10.4%, safety 45/100, payout 34%. The next earnings line will tell whether free-cash-flow conversion supports the current trajectory.