APD

What's Driving the Sell-Off of APD Shares?

Air Products and Chemicals stock is trading -16.6% below its average target price of $308.57 after dropping -1.1% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Chemicals company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $240.0 to $355.0 per share.

Air Products and Chemicals's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 0.8%. The stock's short ratio is 1.4. The company's insiders own 0.32% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 86.4%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Air Products and Chemicals.

Institutions Invested in Air Products and Chemicals

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 20,961,961 $5,394,769,975
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 14,595,640 $3,756,333,696
2023-09-30 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co 6% 12,956,300 $3,334,433,178
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 4% 9,569,139 $2,462,713,472
2023-09-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 4% 9,307,669 $2,395,421,557
2023-09-30 Bank of America Corporation 3% 6,611,657 $1,701,575,948
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 5,302,455 $1,364,639,741
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 4,366,954 $1,123,879,217
2023-09-30 Wells Fargo & Company 2% 4,158,546 $1,070,243,337
2023-09-30 Northern Trust Corporation 2% 3,829,919 $985,667,897
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