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Earnings Per Share - Linde plc Shareholders (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share | Basic and diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing Net income – Linde plc for the period by the weighted average number of either basic or diluted shares outstanding, as follows:
| Quarter Ended March 31, |  |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
Numerator (Millions of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income – Linde plc | $ | 1,673 |  |  | $ | 1,627 |  |  |  |  |
Denominator (Thousands of shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding | 472,385 |  |  | 481,398 |  |  |  |  |
Shares earned and issuable under compensation plans | 918 |  |  | 551 |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares used in basic earnings per share | 473,303 |  |  | 481,949 |  |  |  |  |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and awards | 2,959 |  |  | 3,643 |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares used in diluted earnings per share | 476,262 |  |  | 485,592 |  |  |  |  |
Basic Earnings Per Share | $ | 3.53 |  |  | $ | 3.38 |  |  |  |  |
Diluted Earnings Per Share | $ | 3.51 |  |  | $ | 3.35 |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482662/260-10-50-1 + Details
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