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Air Products & Chemicals (APD)


Market Price (9/14/2025): $293.41 | Market Cap: $65.4 Bil
Sector: Materials | Industry: Industrial Gases

Air Products & Chemicals (APD)


Market Price (9/14/2025): $293.41
Market Cap: $65.4 Bil
Sector: Materials
Industry: Industrial Gases

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%, CFO LTM is 3.4 Bil
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -44%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -41%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 31x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 43x
1 Attractive yield
Dividend Yield is 2.4%
  Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.1%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -0.5%
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 25%
  Not cash flow generative
FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -36%
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%, CFO LTM is 3.4 Bil
1 Attractive yield
Dividend Yield is 2.4%
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 25%
3 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -44%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -41%
4 Expensive valuation multiples
P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 31x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 43x
5 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.1%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -0.5%
6 Not cash flow generative
FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -36%

Market Valuation

 9/14/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$293.41$284.70$263.40$289.30$278.40
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)65.463.458.664.361.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)16.515.011.08.38.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)1.63.01.93.35.8
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)80.378.469.672.670.0
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM5.45.34.85.46.5
P/EBIT TTM31.312.819.923.725.4
P/E TTM42.616.926.530.332.1
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)1.61.31.41.21.6
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.26.36.64.75.7
P/E TTM (Sector)4.45.57.04.67.3
 9/14/2520242023
Share Price CYE$293.41$284.70$263.40
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)65.463.458.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)16.515.011.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)1.63.01.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)80.378.469.6
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM5.45.34.8
P/EBIT TTM31.312.819.9
P/E TTM42.616.926.5
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)1.61.31.4
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)7.26.36.6
P/E TTM (Sector)4.45.57.0

Business Description

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and services worldwide. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, syngas; specialty gases; and equipment for the production or processing of gases comprising air separation units and non-cryogenic generators for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, gasification, metals, manufacturing, food and beverage, electronics, magnetic resonance imaging, energy production and refining, and metals. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
APD Return19%14%4%-9%8%3%42%
Peers Return14%24%-21%19%-19%-25%-21%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: DD, DOW, EMN, CE, HUN. See APD Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

APDDDDOWEMNCEHUNMedian
NameAir Prod.DuPont d.Dow Eastman .Celanese Huntsman  
Mkt Price293.4177.4025.0167.3845.5010.8856.44
Mkt Cap65.432.417.77.75.01.912.7
Rev LTM12,02112,60741,8199,2869,9395,86010,980
Op Inc LTM2,8912,0257081,33793251,134
FCF LTM-4,3331,108-1,740406632134270
FCF 3Y Avg-2,3366931,192453947152573
CFO LTM3,3582,0641,2351,0021,0202991,128
CFO 3Y Avg3,3062,0133,9161,1471,4403621,726

Growth & Margins

APDDDDOWEMNCEHUNMedian
NameAir Prod.DuPont d.Dow Eastman .Celanese Huntsman  
Rev Chg LTM-1.1%4.6%-2.8%1.5%-5.8%-1.6%-1.3%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg2.3%-1.0%-11.2%-5.1%1.4%-11.6%-3.1%
Rev Chg Q-0.5%2.7%-7.4%-3.2%-4.5%-7.4%-3.9%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-0.1%0.7%-1.9%-0.8%-1.2%-1.9%-1.0%
Op Mgn LTM24.1%16.1%1.7%14.4%9.4%0.1%11.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg22.4%15.1%4.1%12.7%9.9%1.8%11.3%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.5%0.3%-1.6%-0.7%-0.5%-0.6%-0.6%
CFO/Rev LTM27.9%16.4%3.0%10.8%10.3%5.1%10.5%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg26.6%16.3%8.6%12.2%14.0%5.8%13.1%
FCF/Rev LTM-36.0%8.8%-4.2%4.4%6.4%2.3%3.3%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-19.3%5.5%2.4%4.8%9.2%2.4%3.6%

Valuation

APDDDDOWEMNCEHUNMedian
NameAir Prod.DuPont d.Dow Eastman .Celanese Huntsman  
Mkt Cap65.432.417.77.75.01.912.7
P/S5.42.60.40.80.50.30.7
P/EBIT31.338.450.76.4-9.5-23.818.8
P/E42.6-167.1-18.19.3-3.1-5.6-4.3
P/CFO19.515.714.47.74.96.311.1
Total Yield4.8%1.4%5.6%13.2%-29.3%-8.7%3.1%
Dividend Yield2.4%2.0%11.1%2.5%3.2%9.2%2.8%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-3.8%2.3%1.6%4.5%8.9%4.8%3.4%
D/E0.30.21.00.72.71.30.8
Net D/E0.20.20.90.62.41.10.7

Returns

APDDDDOWEMNCEHUNMedian
NameAir Prod.DuPont d.Dow Eastman .Celanese Huntsman  
1M Rtn0.8%6.3%8.7%2.4%7.3%8.9%6.8%
3M Rtn5.1%16.2%-15.0%-11.9%-16.5%0.0%-5.9%
6M Rtn1.6%1.4%-29.6%-25.5%-20.0%-35.6%-22.7%
12M Rtn5.6%-3.1%-46.3%-32.5%-62.7%-48.1%-39.4%
3Y Rtn27.1%48.9%-36.2%-8.6%-55.1%-53.4%-22.4%
1M Excs Rtn-2.3%3.2%9.0%-0.9%7.3%5.7%4.4%
3M Excs Rtn-4.9%4.6%-24.6%-22.9%-28.7%-16.5%-19.7%
6M Excs Rtn-18.0%-14.9%-47.4%-43.6%-33.3%-52.5%-38.4%
12M Excs Rtn-10.8%-20.6%-66.8%-48.9%-81.3%-65.4%-57.1%
3Y Excs Rtn-41.0%-19.5%-104.4%-83.5%-121.8%-118.7%-93.9%

Financials

Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity5,145,925
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520251.0%
Average Daily Volume630,667
Days-to-Cover Short Interest8.16
Basic Shares Quantity222,800,000
Short % of Basic Shares2.3%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
7/31/2025-0.8%-0.4%1.7%
5/1/20250.4%-2.4%2.9%
2/6/2025-1.5%-6.8%-5.0%
11/7/20242.0%2.0%4.4%
8/1/20249.0%5.2%5.0%
4/30/2024-0.7%4.0%9.3%
2/5/2024-15.6%-14.8%-7.2%
11/7/2023-12.6%-9.0%-10.3%
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SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive81012
# Negative161412
Median Positive3.4%4.6%3.9%
Median Negative-5.2%-5.7%-4.9%
Max Positive9.0%14.3%29.9%
Max Negative-15.6%-14.8%-21.1%

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Brifo VictoriaExec VP, Chief HR Officer8062025Sell292.381,359397,3442,539,613Form
1Nelson Walter L.Sr. VP, Glob Helium & Rare Gas3062025Sell308.50589181,706221,812Form
2Lefevere KurtPresident, Asia2212025Sell316.171,500474,255462,241Form
3Mok WilburPresident, Equip. Businesses2192025Sell315.881,300410,6441,008,605Form
4Brifo VictoriaExec VP, Chief HR Officer2192025Sell315.822,362745,9673,172,412Form