Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $336.53 According to Analysts

Shares of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eighteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, ten have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $336.62.

A number of research firms have weighed in on APD. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Air Products and Chemicals from $340.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley set a $320.00 target price on Air Products and Chemicals in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and set a $373.00 price target on shares of Air Products and Chemicals in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Citigroup upped their price target on Air Products and Chemicals from $315.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Air Products and Chemicals from $358.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Planning Strategies Inc. raised its holdings in Air Products and Chemicals by 10.7% during the third quarter. Planning Strategies Inc. now owns 393 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $109,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of Air Products and Chemicals by 277.2% in the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 5,216 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,427,000 after acquiring an additional 3,833 shares during the period. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC grew its position in shares of Air Products and Chemicals by 3.2% during the third quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC now owns 17,229 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $4,794,000 after purchasing an additional 531 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Air Products and Chemicals by 1,378.1% during the second quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 111,479 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $30,502,000 after purchasing an additional 103,937 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. raised its stake in Air Products and Chemicals by 1,846.0% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 84,945 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $23,203,000 after purchasing an additional 80,580 shares during the period. 81.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Air Products and Chemicals Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of Air Products and Chemicals stock opened at $277.98 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. Air Products and Chemicals has a 12-month low of $229.11 and a 12-month high of $314.87. The company has a market cap of $61.90 billion, a P/E ratio of -1,263.56, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.76. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $295.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $293.32.

Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The basic materials company reported $3.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.34 by $0.13. Air Products and Chemicals had a negative net margin of 0.38% and a positive return on equity of 16.87%. The company had revenue of $3.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.20 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.09 earnings per share. Air Products and Chemicals’s quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. Air Products and Chemicals has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.390-13.490 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.550-3.650 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Air Products and Chemicals will post 13.46 EPS for the current year.

Air Products and Chemicals Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st will be given a $1.81 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $7.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Air Products and Chemicals’s dividend payout ratio is currently -3,290.91%.

Air Products and Chemicals Company Profile

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc is a global industrial gases and related equipment company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company supplies atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon, as well as process and specialty gases including hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide and syngas.

Air Products serves customers in a range of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, food and beverage, healthcare and energy. Its offerings include gases delivered through pipelines, bulk and packaged distribution, and on-site production systems, along with gas-processing equipment and technologies used in applications such as hydrogen production, natural gas liquefaction and carbon capture.

Founded in 1940, Air Products operates across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and other international markets.