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 37.5% and is now trading at $285.76.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The business's revenue was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.17 EPS.
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Air Products & Chemicals declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.34 per share on Monday, November 9th. This represents a $5.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.88%. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.1% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about APD stock has trended extremely negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Air Products & Chemicals earned a media sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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Air Products & Chemicals saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,790,000 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the April 30th total of 2,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.3% 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 shareholders include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.68%), Ensign Peak Advisors Inc (0.48%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (0.46%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.46%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (0.46%). 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, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Alleghany Corp DE, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Calamos Advisors LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and Victory Capital Management Inc..
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APD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, UBS Group AG, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Stack Financial Management Inc, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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 $285.76.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $63.12 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]