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NYSE:APD

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) Competitors

$283.40
-1.71 (-0.60%)
(As of 09/29/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$282.62
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$288.85
50-Day Range
$281.77
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$306.10
52-Week Range
$224.75
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$328.56
Volume
695,196 shs
Average Volume
658,897 shs
Market Capitalization
$62.96 billion
P/E Ratio
28.83
Dividend Yield
2.47%
Price Target
$318.33
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APD vs. LIN, VALE, SCCO, FCX, RIO, ECL, NUE, DOW, DD, and NEM

Should you be buying Air Products and Chemicals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Products and Chemicals include Linde (LIN), Vale (VALE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Ecolab (ECL), Nucor (NUE), DOW (DOW), DuPont de Nemours (DD), and Newmont (NEM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Air Products and Chemicals vs.

Linde (NYSE:LIN) and Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

In the previous week, Air Products and Chemicals had 6 more articles in the media than Linde. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Air Products and Chemicals and 8 mentions for Linde. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Air Products and Chemicals' score of 0.77 indicating that Air Products and Chemicals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Linde
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Air Products and Chemicals
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Linde has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Products and Chemicals has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.0% of Linde shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Air Products and Chemicals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Air Products and Chemicals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Linde currently has a consensus price target of $404.41, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Air Products and Chemicals has a consensus price target of $318.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Linde's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Products and Chemicals is more favorable than Linde.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Air Products and Chemicals
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Air Products and Chemicals received 268 more outperform votes than Linde when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.09% of users gave Air Products and Chemicals an outperform vote while only 64.38% of users gave Linde an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LindeOutperform Votes
338
64.38%
Underperform Votes
187
35.62%
Air Products and ChemicalsOutperform Votes
606
66.09%
Underperform Votes
311
33.91%

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Air Products and Chemicals. Air Products and Chemicals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Linde$33.36B5.45$4.15B$11.4632.49
Air Products and Chemicals$12.70B4.96$2.26B$9.8328.83

Linde pays an annual dividend of $5.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Air Products and Chemicals pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Linde pays out 44.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Air Products and Chemicals pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Linde has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Air Products and Chemicals has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years. Air Products and Chemicals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Linde has a net margin of 17.20% compared to Linde's net margin of 16.88%. Linde's return on equity of 17.18% beat Air Products and Chemicals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde17.20% 16.17% 8.41%
Air Products and Chemicals 16.88%17.18%8.65%

Summary

Air Products and Chemicals beats Linde on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APD vs. The Competition

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MetricAir Products and ChemicalsIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.96B$16.05B$2.52B$15.10B
Dividend Yield2.44%3.48%4.45%3.76%
P/E Ratio28.8319.3492.0019.51
Price / Sales4.961.2883,500.828.61
Price / Cash17.418.3523.5417.13
Price / Book4.591.412.846.55
Net Income$2.26B$453.08M$304.93M$901.03M
7 Day Performance-1.13%-0.14%5.90%-0.44%
1 Month Performance-4.10%-3.74%4.64%-5.45%
1 Year Performance21.77%7.51%6.17%10.38%

Air Products and Chemicals Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIN
Linde
3.0296 of 5 stars		$371.20
-1.4%		$404.41
+8.9%		+38.1%$181.13B$33.36B32.3965,010Short Interest ↓
VALE
Vale
3.0718 of 5 stars		$13.09
-2.3%		$17.02
+30.0%		+5.9%$58.68B$43.84B5.4364,516Positive News
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.6506 of 5 stars		$72.67
-2.5%		$65.17
-10.3%		+68.1%$56.18B$10.05B20.1915,018Positive News
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
1.9777 of 5 stars		$36.57
-1.7%		$40.38
+10.4%		+32.4%$52.43B$22.78B25.2225,600Positive News
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
1.7783 of 5 stars		$62.01
-1.7%		$72.00
+16.1%		+15.3%$78.91B$52.45B0.0052,000News Coverage
ECL
Ecolab
3.2211 of 5 stars		$168.95
-1.9%		$193.93
+14.8%		+16.1%$48.15B$14.19B41.1147,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
NUE
Nucor
1.8674 of 5 stars		$151.74
-2.3%		$161.00
+6.1%		+48.5%$38.61B$37.46B7.0131,400
DOW
DOW
2.3658 of 5 stars		$50.48
-1.2%		$57.14
+13.2%		+16.8%$35.92B$49.25B20.8637,800Short Interest ↑
DD
DuPont de Nemours
2.5258 of 5 stars		$72.79
-0.8%		$79.50
+9.2%		+47.3%$33.41B$13.02B7.5023,000Short Interest ↑
NEM
Newmont
2.8202 of 5 stars		$39.39
-2.7%		$58.01
+47.3%		-11.5%$31.30B$11.92B-41.0314,600

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