Basic Materials
L'Air Liquide S.A.(AIQUF)
Live Price
Offline$190.41
-0.27% today
1Y Change
-5.02%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $102.65B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.5%
- EPS Growth
- +6.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.9%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
L'Air Liquide S.A. (AIQUF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $102.65B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $190.41 and down 5.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.5%, EPS growth of +6.1%, a dividend yield of 1.9%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.5%, EPS +6.1%, free cash flow -10.2% with operating margin 20.5% and ROIC 9.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 29.1 and price/sales 3.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines AIQUF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
-0.5% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+20.5% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
2026 was reported on Feb 20, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -1.3% and a revenue surprise of -0.3%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.5% and EPS is at +6.1%, with operating margin around 20.5%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 23, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 20, 2026 | -1.3% | +2.1% | +5.0% | -2.9% |
2025 Jun 30, 2025 | -3.7% | -1.1% | -0.4% | -2.3% |
2024 Dec 31, 2024 | -11.5% | +0.6% | +2.0% | +0.3% |
Benchmark Edge
AIQUF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
AIQUF
โ
Normalized return
SPY
--
S&P 500
Excess Return
--
Relative to SPY
AIQUF Max Drawdown
-16.18%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for AIQUF and SPY.
Company Overview
L'Air Liquide S.A.
Other OTC
L'Air Liquide S.A. provides gases, technologies, and services for the industrial and health sectors in Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's Gas & Services segment offers oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide to the metals, chemicals, refining, and energy sectors; and gases, application equipment, and associated services to the materials and energy, automotive and manufacturing, food and pharmaceuticals, technology and research, and craftsmen and retail sectors. It also supplies medical gases, hygiene products, equipment, and services to hospitals, as well as to patients in their homes; and produces and distributes healthcare specialty ingredients for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and vaccine markets. In addition, this segment supplies gases, materials, and services for use in the production of semi-conductors, as well as flat screens and photovoltaic panels. Its Engineering & Construction segment designs, develops, and builds industrial gas production plants for third parties; and designs and manufactures plants in the traditional, renewable, and alternative energy sectors. The company's Global Markets & Technologies segment delivers technological solutions, such as molecules, equipment, and services to support the markets of energy transition, primarily in transport, energy, and waste valorization, as well as related to deep tech in the space exploration, aerospace, and big science. This segment also invests in biomethane production units, as well as develops stations for distributing natural bio-gas for vehicles and hydrogen to support clean mobility; operates biomethane production units for use in the maritime industry; and supplies gases for the offshore oil and gas platforms, offshore wind turbines, and cryogenic transportation by sea. L'Air Liquide S.A. was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
- Leadership
- Francois Jackow
- IPO Date
- Jun 22, 2007
- Employees
- 64.1k
- Street Address
- 75 quai d'Orsay
- Mailing
- Paris, 75321
- Region
- Paris, FR
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 33 1 40 62 55 55
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 29.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.0
- Price/Sales
- 3.8
- Price/Book
- 3.9
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.5%
- EPS
- +6.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -10.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 50.2%
- Operating Margin
- 20.5%
- Net Margin
- 13.1%
- ROE
- 13.9%
- ROIC
- 9.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.56
- Current Ratio
- 1.14
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.