Air Products and Chemicals Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Products and Chemicals in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Air Products and Chemicals stock.
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Air Products and Chemicals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 22nd 2021.
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The basic materials company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.19 by $0.07. The basic materials company earned $2.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.34 billion. Air Products and Chemicals had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.48% and a net margin of 21.30%. The business's revenue was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.14 earnings per share.
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Air Products and 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 stock has increased by 27.0% and is now trading at $263.82.
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Air Products and Chemicals announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.50 per share on Monday, May 10th. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 31st. This is a boost from Air Products and Chemicals's previous quarterly dividend of $1.34.
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Air Products and Chemicals pays an annual dividend of $5.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.04%. Air Products and Chemicals has been increasing its dividend for 39 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Air Products and Chemicals is 63.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Air Products and Chemicals will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.39% next year. This indicates that Air Products and Chemicals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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19 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Air Products and Chemicals' shares. Their forecasts range from $225.00 to $340.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products and Chemicals' share price to reach $295.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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226 employees have rated Air Products and Chemicals CEO Seifi Ghasemi on Glassdoor.com. Seifi Ghasemi has an approval rating of 79% among Air Products and Chemicals' employees.

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

Air Products and Chemicals' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.31%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.04%), Northern Trust Corp (1.39%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.85%) and Findlay Park Partners LLP (0.79%). Company insiders that own Air Products and Chemicals stock include 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FIL Ltd, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Barclays PLC, Cibc World Markets Corp, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V..
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APD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Norges Bank, Viking Global Investors LP, Bessemer Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Korea Investment CORP, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have bought Air Products and Chemicals stock in the last two years include Edward L Monser, and Seifi Ghasemi.
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One share of APD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $263.82.

Air Products and Chemicals has a market capitalization of $58.38 billion and generates $8.86 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.38 on an earnings per share basis.

Air Products and Chemicals employs 19,000 workers across the globe.

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Air Products and Chemicals was founded in 1940.

The official website for Air Products and Chemicals is www.airproducts.com.

Air Products and Chemicals is headquartered at 7201 HAMILTON BOULEVARD, ALLENTOWN PA, 18195.

Air Products and 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]