Air Products & Chemicals Inc [APD] stock is trading at $317.36, up 2.58%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The APD shares have gain 0.11% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.61%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Air Products & Chemicals Inc [NYSE: APD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 07, 2025, when JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also revised its price target to $320 from $345. Previously, BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Market Perform on February 07, 2025. On January 31, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $375 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $350 on January 27, 2025. Barclays upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $365 on January 24, 2025. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 14, 2025. In a note dated November 18, 2024, UBS upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $375.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc [APD] stock has fluctuated between $227.53 and $341.14 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $364 within the next 12 months. Air Products & Chemicals Inc [NYSE: APD] shares were valued at $317.36 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.7% based on the average APD price forecast.
Analyzing the APD fundamentals
Air Products & Chemicals Inc [NYSE:APD] reported sales of 12.03B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -2.20%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.33% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.37%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.4%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.32%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.13. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.9.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 311.99 points at the first support level, and at 306.62 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 320.49, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 323.62.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Air Products & Chemicals Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.11. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.96, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.38. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.87, the price to book ratio is 4.23 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.43.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lefevere Kurt, President, Asia, that happened on Feb 20 ’25 when 1500.0 shares were sold. Director, Cogut Charles I completed a deal on Feb 20 ’25 to buy 8220.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Lefevere Kurt bought 1500.0 shares on Feb 20 ’25.
