Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) kicked off on Tuesday, up 2.06% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $301.74. Over the past 52 weeks, APD has traded in a range of $212.24-$337.00.
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A company in the Basic Materials sector has jumped its sales by 6.83% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 3.01%. With a float of $220.62 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.37 million.
In an organization with 23000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. 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 and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Air Products & Chemicals Inc is 0.79%, while institutional ownership is 89.42%.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.08 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.01% 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
Take a look at Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.34. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.66.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 17.18, a number that is poised to hit 3.07 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 14.00 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.79 million. That was better than the volume of 1.62 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 91.35%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.88.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 58.31%, which indicates a significant decrease from 95.34% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.96% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 22.65% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $309.91, while its 200-day Moving Average is $280.73. However, in the short run, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $309.99. Second resistance stands at $312.02. The third major resistance level sits at $314.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $305.17, it is likely to go to the next support level at $302.38. The third support level lies at $300.35 if the price breaches the second support level.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 68.49 billion has total of 222,383K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 12,101 M in contrast with the sum of 3,828 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,188 M and last quarter income was 1,950 M.
