NYSE:APD - Air Products & Chemicals Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Air Products & Chemicals announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of $1.10 per share on Monday, August 13th. This represents a $4.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 29th. View Air Products & Chemicals' Dividend History.

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The basic materials company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.19 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a net margin of 13.13% and a return on equity of 14.97%. View Air Products & Chemicals' Earnings History.

Air Products & Chemicals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.25-7.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.36. Air Products & Chemicals also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.80-1.85 EPS.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Air Products & Chemicals' stock. Their predictions range from $148.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products & Chemicals' share price to reach $181.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Air Products & Chemicals.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Products & Chemicals in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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News stories about APD stock have trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Air Products & Chemicals earned a news sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the basic materials company an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Air Products & Chemicals' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.17%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.12%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.05%), Park National Corp OH (0.04%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.03%) and Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.03%). Company insiders that own Air Products & Chemicals stock include Guillermo Novo, John D Stanley and Russell A Flugel. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Air Products & Chemicals.

APD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Union Bankshares Corp, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, First National Bank of Omaha and BLB&B Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Air Products & Chemicals.

APD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Park National Corp OH, Raymond James Trust N.A., Confluence Investment Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS and Boltwood Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of APD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $157.33.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $34.49 billion and generates $8.19 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.31 on an earnings per share basis. Air Products & Chemicals employs 15,300 workers across the globe.

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]