Air Products and Chemicals – Key Insights for Investors

By Naomi Wentworth • Monday, September 16 15:06 • Permanent Link

Air Products and Chemicals logged a 1.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $289.17 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. APD's trading volume is 805,643 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,500,125.

Air Products and Chemicals trades -3.04% away from its average analyst target price of $298.23 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $210.0 to $355.0, and on average have given Air Products and Chemicals a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying APD should be aware of the facts below:

Air Products and Chemicals's current price is 132.2% above its Graham number of $124.56, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Air Products and Chemicals has moved -5.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 11.51, Air Products and Chemicals has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.1 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
APD has a forward P/E ratio of 21.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $13.36 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 4.31 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Air Products and Chemicals is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.26 compared to its sector average of 3.17
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and related services in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, India, and internationally.
Based in Allentown, the company has 20,700 full time employees and a market cap of $64.29 Billion. Air Products and Chemicals currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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