On Friday, Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) opened higher 0.59% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $293.58. Price fluctuations for APD have ranged from $243.69 to $341.14 over the past 52 weeks.
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Basic Materials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 16.77% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -3.54% at the time writing. With a float of $220.57 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.54 million.
The firm has a total of 23000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 31.94%, operating margin of 12.29%, and the pretax margin is 15.81%.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 0.89%, while institutional ownership is 92.55%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.54% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.35% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.47.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.88, a number that is poised to hit 2.99 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.02 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Air Products & Chemicals Inc, APD], we can find that recorded value of 1.15 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 1.38 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.81%.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 66.37%, which indicates a significant decrease from 90.09% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 5.23 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 6.59 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $280.35, while its 200-day Moving Average is $298.24. Now, the first resistance to watch is $297.09. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $298.86. The third major resistance level sits at $301.66. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $292.52, it is likely to go to the next support level at $289.72. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $287.95.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) Key Stats
There are currently 222,544K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 65.72 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 12,101 M according to its annual income of 3,828 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,916 M and its income totaled -1,731 M.
