• Linde average debt/equity ratio for 2023 was 0.32, a 14.29% increase from 2022.
• Linde average debt/equity ratio for 2022 was 0.28, a 21.74% increase from 2021.
• Linde average debt/equity ratio for 2021 was 0.23, a 4.17% increase from 2020.

Debt/equity ratio can be defined as a measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its long-term debt by stockholders' equity.