On Tuesday, Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) was 0.84% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $293.55. A 52-week range for APD has been $212.24 – $337.00.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 6.83%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 3.43%. With a float of $220.62 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.37 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 32.5%, operating margin of 37.03%, and the pretax margin is 39.84%.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Air Products & Chemicals Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Air Products & Chemicals Inc is 0.79%, while institutional ownership is 89.46%.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.11 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.43% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.20% during the next five years compared to 16.77% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.34. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 17.18, a number that is poised to hit 2.85 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 14.09 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
Looking closely at Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD), its last 5-days average volume was 1.09 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.58 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.03%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.51.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 41.16%, which indicates a significant increase from 15.69% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.16% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.44% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $317.80, while its 200-day Moving Average is $277.77. However, in the short run, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $297.26. Second resistance stands at $298.50. The third major resistance level sits at $300.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $293.54, it is likely to go to the next support level at $291.07. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $289.83.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) Key Stats
There are 222,383K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 65.83 billion. As of now, sales total 12,101 M while income totals 3,828 M. Its latest quarter income was 3,188 M while its last quarter net income were 1,950 M.
