Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) on Tuesday, plunged -1.69% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $272.21. Within the past 52 weeks, APD’s price has moved between $243.69 and $341.14.
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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. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -2.16%. With a float of $220.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.54 million.
In an organization with 23000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 31.94%, operating margin of 12.12%, and the pretax margin is 15.81%.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Chemicals industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Air Products & Chemicals Inc is 0.87%, while institutional ownership is 90.22%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’25, was worth 181,706. In this transaction Sr. VP, Glob Helium & Rare Gas of this company sold 589 shares at a rate of $308.50, taking the stock ownership to the 719 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 589 for $308.50, making the entire transaction worth $181,706.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.16% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.71% 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
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.85 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.95.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.88, a number that is poised to hit 3.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.17 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 1.96 million. That was better than the volume of 1.49 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 66.91%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 9.09.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 24.55%, which indicates a significant decrease from 49.30% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 23.39% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.56% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $285.14, while its 200-day Moving Average is $297.41. However, in the short run, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $272.75. Second resistance stands at $277.87. The third major resistance level sits at $280.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $264.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $261.53. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $256.41.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 59.56 billion based on 222,544K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 12,101 M and income totals 3,828 M. The company made 2,916 M in profit during its latest quarter, and -1,731 M in sales during its previous quarter.
