NYSE:APDAir Products & Chemicals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Air Products & Chemicals' stock was trading at $207.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, APD shares have increased by 35.6% and is now trading at $281.69.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Products & Chemicals in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Air Products & Chemicals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020.
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.98 by $0.03. The basic materials company earned $2.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.06 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a net margin of 21.58% and a return on equity of 15.96%. Air Products & Chemicals's revenue for the quarter was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.17 EPS.
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Air Products & Chemicals announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st will be given a dividend of $1.34 per share on Monday, November 9th. This represents a $5.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 30th.
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17 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Air Products & Chemicals' stock. Their forecasts range from $225.00 to $359.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products & Chemicals' stock price to reach $285.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about APD stock has been trending very positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Air Products & Chemicals earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Air Products & Chemicals saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,040,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the July 15th total of 2,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,130,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Air Products & Chemicals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "APD."

Air Products & Chemicals' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.68%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.46%), Bessemer Group Inc. (0.46%), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.40%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%) and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.32%). Company insiders that own Air Products & Chemicals stock include Charles I Cogut, Edward L Monser, Russell A Flugel and Seifi Ghasemi.
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APD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Alleghany Corp DE, Calamos Advisors LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Victory Capital Management Inc., ProShare Advisors LLC, Montag & Caldwell LLC, and PNC Financial Services Group Inc..
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APD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Stack Financial Management Inc, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Principal Financial Group Inc., and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Air Products & Chemicals stock in the last two years include Charles I Cogut, Edward L Monser, and Seifi Ghasemi.
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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 $281.69.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $62.22 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 17,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Air Products & Chemicals is 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]