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In the latest session, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) closed at $274.17 down -0.68% from its previous closing price of $276.04. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. APD stock price reached its highest trading level at $277.33 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $273.72.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Air Products & Chemicals Inc.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.10 and its Current Ratio is at 1.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.97 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.90.
On March 01, 2024, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $279.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 05 ’23 when Kutz Jeffrey sold 107 shares for $264.74 per share. The transaction valued at 28,327 led to the insider holds 1,270 shares of the business.
Ghasemi Seifi bought 11,000 shares of APD for $2,908,620 on Nov 13 ’23. The Chairman, Pres. and CEO now owns 670,673 shares after completing the transaction at $264.42 per share. On Nov 08 ’23, another insider, Ghasemi Seifi, who serves as the Chairman, Pres. and CEO of the company, bought 10,000 shares for $252.34 each. As a result, the insider paid 2,523,400 and bolstered with 659,673 shares of the company.
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 61367750656 and an Enterprise Value of 74823966720. As of this moment, Air’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.83, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.04 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.182 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.814.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, APD has reached a high of $307.71, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $212.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.27%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.77%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, APD has traded an average of 1.73M shares per day and 911270 over the past ten days. A total of 222.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 220.47M. Insiders hold about 0.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.28% stake in the company. Shares short for APD as of 1722384000 were 3529362 with a Short Ratio of 2.04, compared to 1719532800 on 3245333. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3529362 and a Short% of Float of 1.59.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for APD is 7.04, from 7.04 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02550355The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.24.
