NYSE:APD - Air Products & Chemicals Stock Price, Forecast & News

Air Products & Chemicals' stock was trading at $207.80 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, APD stock has decreased by 0.6% and is now trading at $206.53. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Air Products & Chemicals in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 14 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, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 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 Friday, January, 24th. The basic materials company reported $2.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.08 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.29 billion. Air Products & Chemicals had a return on equity of 16.20% and a net margin of 21.10%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.86 EPS. View Air Products & Chemicals' earnings history.

Air Products & Chemicals declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $1.34 per share on Monday, May 11th. This represents a $5.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a boost from Air Products & Chemicals's previous quarterly dividend of $1.16. View Air Products & Chemicals' dividend history.

Air Products & Chemicals updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.35-9.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.44.

21 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Air Products & Chemicals' shares. Their forecasts range from $215.00 to $270.00. On average, they anticipate Air Products & Chemicals' share price to reach $245.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Air Products & Chemicals.

Headlines about APD stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Air Products & Chemicals earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAir Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,683,100 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the February 27th total of 2,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Air Products & Chemicals' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of APD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $206.53.

Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $45.58 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. View additional information about Air Products & Chemicals.

The official website for Air Products & Chemicals is http://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]