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- Brighton Jones LLC bought 9,703 Linde plc shares valued at approximately $4.605 million during the third quarter, according to the investment firm’s most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as cited by MarketBeat.
- The report also listed position increases involving State Street, Amundi, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Arrowstreet Capital and the Swiss National Bank.
- Management commentary at the conference could provide further information about industrial demand, electronics exposure and the outlook following the third-quarter report, although the reviewed sources did not provide such commentary.
Selected from this article · 2026-11-10
Read on for the full pictureBrighton Jones initiates Linde position
Brighton Jones LLC bought 9,703 Linde plc shares valued at approximately $4.605 million during the third quarter, according to the investment firm’s most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as cited by MarketBeat. The disclosure was reported on November 9.
The filing establishes a reported institutional-ownership position rather than a new Linde operating announcement. Brighton Jones was identified as the purchaser, while the reporting identified Linde as the issuer of the shares.
Filing periods do not indicate coordinated trading
The report also listed position increases involving State Street, Amundi, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Arrowstreet Capital and the Swiss National Bank. Those disclosures covered different reporting periods, including the first and second quarters, so they do not establish a coordinated investment decision on November 9.
MarketBeat reported that hedge funds and other institutional investors collectively owned 82.8% of Linde’s stock. This is broader ownership context rather than evidence that the reported institutions acted together.
Third-quarter results provide the operating backdrop
Linde reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $4.59 per share against a $4.52 consensus estimate, according to MarketBeat. The figure is adjusted rather than GAAP. Revenue rose 9.3% year over year to $9.40 billion, above the $9.16 billion estimate cited in the report.
Linde supplies industrial gases and engineering services to customers across healthcare, manufacturing, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics and energy. These reported results followed the company’s third-quarter release on October 29 and provide operating context for the ownership disclosure, but they do not indicate that Brighton Jones’s purchase caused the quarter’s performance.
Trading price remains separate from the filing
Linde shares were quoted at €461.90 on Lang & Schwarz at 11:53 a.m. CET on November 9, 1.33% below the Xetra close of €467.80 on November 6. The quoted market price is distinct from the third-quarter holding disclosed in the Form 13F filing.
Next scheduled investor event
Linde’s next scheduled capital-markets event is the Morgan Stanley Global Chemicals & Agriculture Conference on November 10, 2026. Management commentary at the conference could provide further information about industrial demand, electronics exposure and the outlook following the third-quarter report, although the reviewed sources did not provide such commentary.
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