Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.70% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $279.92. Over the past 52 weeks, APD has traded in a range of $243.69-$341.14.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 6.29%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -3.01%. With a float of $220.58 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $222.54 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23000 employees. 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) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 0.88%, while institutional ownership is 92.57%. 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 -3.01% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.26% 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 0.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.22.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.88, a number that is poised to hit 2.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.05 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 1.21 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.42 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 73.29%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.90.
During the past 100 days, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s (APD) raw stochastic average was set at 39.19%, which indicates a significant decrease from 84.38% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.54% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.21% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $272.52, while its 200-day Moving Average is $297.90.
