Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Scored against other Basic Materials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
On balance, Air Products and Chemicals looks shaky: more is going wrong than right.
- What's working
- Its price has held up well, trading above its recent averages.
- Worth watching
- It carries more debt, or less cash, than most other materials companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 20 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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…
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Employees
- 21,087
- Headquarters
- Allentown, PA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/B 4.8 — lower than 40% of Basic Materials peers
P/S 5.3 — lower than 10% of Basic Materials peers
EV/EBITDA 18.6 — lower than 20% of Basic Materials peers
EV/Revenue 6.9 — lower than 10% of Basic Materials peers
PEG 2.2 — lower than 44% of Basic Materials peers
FCF yield -2.2% — higher than 10% of Basic Materials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 32.1% — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Operating margin 25.5% — higher than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Net margin -0.4% — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
ROE 0.0% — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
ROA 4.7% — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.1 — lower than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Current ratio 1.08 — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Quick ratio 0.75 — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Cash/debt 0.05 — higher than 20% of Basic Materials peers
Debt/EBITDA 3.93 — lower than 10% of Basic Materials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 4.6% YoY — higher than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 75.7% — somewhat unusual vs Basic Materials peers
Institutions net sold, -14.7% of shares held
Insiders hold 1.9% of shares outstanding
2.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
82% of the way from its 52-week low to high