Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 12.700-13.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 12.800. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Air Products and Chemicals also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 2.750-2.850 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Air Products and Chemicals from $345.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. BMO Capital Markets cut Air Products and Chemicals from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday. Bank of America lowered shares of Air Products and Chemicals from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $350.00 target price for the company. in a report on Monday, January 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of Air Products and Chemicals from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $375.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Air Products and Chemicals from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $339.94.

Air Products and Chemicals Trading Down 5.3 %

Shares of NYSE APD traded down $17.47 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $310.66. The stock had a trading volume of 2,902,822 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,907,431. The firm has a market cap of $69.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.04, a P/E/G ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.85. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $309.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $301.29. Air Products and Chemicals has a 52-week low of $213.80 and a 52-week high of $341.14. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The basic materials company reported $2.86 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.13 by ($0.27). Air Products and Chemicals had a net margin of 31.88% and a return on equity of 15.78%. Analysts expect that Air Products and Chemicals will post 12.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Air Products and Chemicals Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be issued a $1.79 dividend. This represents a $7.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st. This is an increase from Air Products and Chemicals’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.77. Air Products and Chemicals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.11%.

About Air Products and Chemicals

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. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and syngas; and specialty gases for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, manufacturing, electronics, energy production, medical, food, and metals.