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

Air Products & Chemicals' stock was trading at $207.80 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, APD stock has increased by 31.5% and is now trading at $273.19. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 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 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $2.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.06 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a return on equity of 16.36% and a net margin of 21.66%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.00 EPS. View Air Products & Chemicals' earnings history.

Air Products & Chemicals announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.34 per share on Monday, August 10th. This represents a $5.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. View Air Products & Chemicals' dividend history.

18 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Air Products & Chemicals' stock. Their forecasts range from $225.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products & Chemicals' share price to reach $261.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. View analysts' price targets for Air Products & Chemicals.

News articles about APD stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Air Products & Chemicals.

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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Park National Corp OH (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and Renaissance Investment Group LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Air Products & Chemicals stock include Charles I Cogut, Edward L Monser, 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 Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Park National Corp OH, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Peoples Financial Services CORP., Cottage Street Advisors LLC, and Truehand Inc. View insider buying and selling activity for Air Products & Chemicals.

APD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Canandaigua National Corp, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have bought Air Products & Chemicals stock in the last two years include Charles I Cogut, Edward L Monser, and Seifi Ghasemi. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $273.19.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $60.33 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]