On Tuesday, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) opened lower -1.47% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $231.16. Price fluctuations for APD have ranged from $212.24 to $307.71 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Basic Materials sector saw sales topped by 7.59%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 7.08% at the time writing. With a float of $218.78 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.20 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 23000 workers is very important to gauge.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Specialty Chemicals industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is 1.58%, while institutional ownership is 84.46%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 05 ’23, was worth 28,327. In this transaction VP, Controller & PAO of this company sold 107 shares at a rate of $264.74, taking the stock ownership to the 1,270 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’23, when Company’s Chairman, Pres. and CEO bought 11,000 for $264.42, making the entire transaction worth $2,908,620. This insider now owns 670,673 shares in total.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 28.33 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.08% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.70% during the next five years compared to 8.70% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.08.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 10.46, a number that is poised to hit 2.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.46 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD)
The latest stats from [Air Products & Chemicals Inc., APD] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.71 million was inferior to 1.76 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 6.97%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.15.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc.’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 23.79%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.34% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.52% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.43% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $234.44, while its 200-day Moving Average is $269.42. Now, the first resistance to watch is $230.07. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $232.39. The third major resistance level sits at $233.66. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $226.49, it is likely to go to the next support level at $225.22. The third support level lies at $222.90 if the price breaches the second support level.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Key Stats
There are currently 222,301K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 50.63 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 12,600 M according to its annual income of 2,300 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,997 M and its income totaled 609,300 K.
