New York, Feb 17, 2026, 13:56 EST — Regular session in progress.
- Linde was trading around $482.11 in the afternoon, up roughly 0.2%.
- A Form 144 filed with the SEC showed plans to sell 9,455 shares following an option exercise.
- Coming up: The CFO is slated to speak at the Barclays conference on Feb. 18, with the U.S. PCE inflation report landing two days later, on Feb. 20.
Linde shares slipped just above flat, ticking up 0.2% to $482.11 Tuesday afternoon. The stock, listed on the Nasdaq, bounced from $477.57 to $483.75 during the session, sticking close to the upper end of that band.
A Feb. 17 Form 144 filing revealed that someone intended to offload 9,455 shares, representing roughly $4.5 million based on the value listed in the notice, after exercising stock options. Under SEC Rule 144, affiliates and certain other holders must file this kind of notice before reselling securities. (Stock Titan)
Stocks barely budged, while Wall Street struggled: tech names slid, and materials and energy shares lost ground as commodities softened. “It’s an indiscriminate selling in all things tech,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B Riley Wealth. (Reuters)
Linde delivers both industrial and specialty gases, and also handles engineering projects for gas plant facilities.
Form 144 filings crop up regularly—option exercises are a common trigger. That doesn’t guarantee those shares hit the market right away, or even at all. Still, traders keep an eye on these notices, looking for possible signs of looming supply as liquidity ebbs.
At this point, Linde’s price seemed to reflect the broader market’s mood rather than anything in the filing. Even the more stable stocks aren’t immune when the market’s this unsettled.
Still, a sudden shift in rate expectations might flip the script fast. A spicier inflation print or fresh risk-off pressure could pull the stock down, right along with the rest of the cyclicals group.
Next up: Linde’s CFO Matt White and investor relations chief Juan Pelaez are slated for Barclays’ 43rd Annual Industrial Select Conference on Wednesday, according to the company’s website. Investors will be tuning in for signals on demand, pricing, and any hint of increased caution around clean-energy projects. (Linde)
Macro desks will be watching the personal consumption expenditures price index on Feb. 20; it’s the inflation measure the Fed cares about most. For Linde shares, that number—and any headlines from the Barclays event the previous day—are next on the radar. (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
