Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 40.98x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.87. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 10 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for APD is 220.58M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.91% of that float. On June 26, 2025, the average trading volume of APD was 1.24M shares.
APD) stock’s latest price update
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 0.36 compared to its previous closing price of 281.0. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.79% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-23 that Initiate Air Products and Chemicals with strong buy, $368 PT, citing cost resets and underappreciated margin rebound despite helium and macro headwinds. APD’s core industrial gas franchise delivers resilient, contract-driven cash flow, with cost-outs and margin recovery above consensus expectations for FY25–26. Valuation assumes mean reversion to 17x FY26E EV/EBITDA, offering 36% upside and prudent risk/reward amid higher rates and market exuberance.
APD’s Market Performance
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) has experienced a 1.79% rise in stock performance for the past week, with a 4.51% rise in the past month, and a -3.81% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.90%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.23% for APD. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.27% for APD’s stock, with a simple moving average of -5.37% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of APD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for APD stocks, with RBC Capital Mkts repeating the rating for APD by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for APD in the upcoming period, according to RBC Capital Mkts is $355 based on the research report published on June 13, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see APD reach a price target of $290. The rating they have provided for APD stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on May 29th, 2025.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Underperform” to APD, setting the target price at $282 in the report published on April 15th of the current year.
APD Trading at 3.13% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought APD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.34% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at APD starting from Nelson Walter L., who sale 589 shares at the price of $308.50 back on Mar 05 ’25. After this action, Nelson Walter L. now owns 719 shares of Air Products & Chemicals Inc, valued at $181,706 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for APD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.12 for the present operating margin
- 0.32 for the gross margin
The net margin for Air Products & Chemicals Inc stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.04. Equity return is now at value 10.45, with 4.14 for asset returns.
Based on Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.53 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.2. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.12. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.66.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 6.49 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.43. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.47. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.71for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.31. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.00.
Conclusion
To sum up, Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
