Air Products & Chemicals Stock Forecast, Price & 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 39.9% and is now trading at $290.71.
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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 4 hold ratings and 13 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.98 by $0.03. The basic materials company earned $2.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.06 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a return on equity of 15.96% and a net margin of 21.58%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.17 EPS.
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Air Products & Chemicals declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 30th.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Air Products & Chemicals' shares. Their forecasts range from $225.00 to $363.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products & Chemicals' share price to reach $286.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.6%.
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Air Products & Chemicals saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,840,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the August 31st total of 1,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.88%), BlackRock Inc. (7.14%), Bank of America Corp DE (4.34%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.37%), FMR LLC (0.97%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.81%). 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 FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Toronto Dominion Bank, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, TPG Group Holdings SBS Advisors Inc., and Toronto Dominion Bank.
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APD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Bessemer Group Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Neuberger Berman Group LLC. 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 $290.71.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $64.22 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]