Air Products & Chemicals Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:APD)

Air Products & Chemicals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "APD."

Air Products & Chemicals announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 1st will be given a dividend of $1.16 per share on Monday, November 11th. This represents a $4.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 30th. View Air Products & Chemicals' Dividend History.

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The basic materials company reported $2.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.37 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a net margin of 19.73% and a return on equity of 15.88%. The company's revenue was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.00 EPS. View Air Products & Chemicals' Earnings History.

Air Products & Chemicals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.35-$9.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.32.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Air Products & Chemicals' stock. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $270.00. On average, they expect Air Products & Chemicals' stock price to reach $242.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Air Products & Chemicals.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Products & Chemicals in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Air Products & Chemicals.

News stories about APD stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Air Products & Chemicals earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,700,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the September 30th total of 2,920,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 953,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Air Products & Chemicals' Current Options Chain.

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Air Products & Chemicals' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.26%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.22%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.20%) and Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.19%). Company insiders that own Air Products & Chemicals stock include Charles I Cogut, Russell A Flugel and Seifi Ghasemi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Air Products & Chemicals.

APD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Haverford Trust Co., Donaldson Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Calamos Advisors LLC, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, BB&T Securities LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and PGGM Investments. View Insider Buying and Selling for Air Products & Chemicals.

APD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, State of Michigan Retirement System, First Trust Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, KAMES CAPITAL plc and Iberiabank Corp. Company insiders that have bought Air Products & Chemicals stock in the last two years include Charles I Cogut and Seifi Ghasemi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Air Products & Chemicals.

Shares of APD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of APD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $237.52.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $52.34 billion and generates $8.92 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.76 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.21 on an earnings per share basis. Air Products & Chemicals employs 16,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Air Products & Chemicals.

The official website for Air Products & Chemicals is http://www.airproducts.com/.

Air Products & Chemicals' mailing address is 7201 HAMILTON BOULEVARD, ALLENTOWN PA, 18195. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 610-481-4911 or via email at [email protected]