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Air Products & Chemicals Inc (NYSE: APD) closed the day trading at $283.29 down -2.33% from the previous closing price of $290.04. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.92 million shares were traded. APD stock price reached its highest trading level at $290.21 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $282.86.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of APD, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.34 and its Current Ratio is at 1.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.88 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.83.
On October 25, 2024, Redburn Atlantic Upgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Sell but kept the price unchanged to $330.
Vertical Research Upgraded its Hold to Buy on October 07, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $336.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, APD now has a Market Capitalization of 62997749760 and an Enterprise Value of 76618653696. As of this moment, Air’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.11. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.47. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.21 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.70. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.332 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.832.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, APD has reached a high of $337.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $212.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.77%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.58%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, APD traded about 1.38M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, APD traded about 882410 shares per day. A total of 222.37M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 220.62M. Insiders hold about 0.79% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.50% stake in the company. Shares short for APD as of 1734048000 were 2803546 with a Short Ratio of 2.03, compared to 1731628800 on 3196159. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2803546 and a Short% of Float of 1.27.
Dividends & Splits
APD’s forward annual dividend rate is 7.08, up from 7.06 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02449093The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.27.
