Basic Materials
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(APD)
Live Price
Offline$280.21
-0.55% today
1Y Change
-0.54%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $66.43B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.5%
- EPS Growth
- -110.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.4%
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
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $66.43B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $280.21 and down 0.5% 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 -110.3%, a dividend yield of 2.4%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.5%, EPS -110.3%, free cash flow -19.5% with operating margin 18.4% and ROIC 4.7%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 31.5 and price/sales 5.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines APD 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
+18.4% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.5% and EPS is at -110.3%, with operating margin around 18.4%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.4%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +0.1% | +1.7% | -4.3% |
2026 Jan 30, 2026 | +4.0% | -0.6% | +3.9% | +1.4% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +0.3% | +0.4% | +1.6% | +0.7% |
Benchmark Edge
APD vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
APD
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
APD Max Drawdown
-22.90%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for APD and SPY.
Company Overview
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and services worldwide. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, syngas; specialty gases; and equipment for the production or processing of gases comprising air separation units and non-cryogenic generators for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, gasification, metals, manufacturing, food and beverage, electronics, magnetic resonance imaging, energy production and refining, and metals. It also designs and manufactures equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, natural gas liquefaction, and liquid helium and liquid hydrogen transport and storage. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Baker Hughes Company to develop hydrogen compression systems. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Eduardo F. Menezes
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 21.9k
- Street Address
- 1940 Air Products Boulevard
- Mailing
- Allentown, PA, 18106-5500
- Region
- Allentown, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 610 481 4911
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 31.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.2
- Price/Sales
- 5.3
- Price/Book
- 4.2
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.5%
- EPS
- -110.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -19.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 32.0%
- Operating Margin
- 18.4%
- Net Margin
- 16.9%
- ROE
- 13.7%
- ROIC
- 4.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.17
- Current Ratio
- 1.43
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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