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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

APDDividend Aristocrat • 42yrs
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals🇺🇸 United States
$307.15
Dividend Yield2.36%
Annual Dividend$7.24
Ex-Dividend DateJan 4, 2027
Market Cap$68.40B
79/ 100
Financial Health
Healthy
Conservative leverage (D/E 1.1x)42-year Aristocrat

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At a glance

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) operates in the Specialty Chemicals industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $7.24 a year, a yield of 2.36% at the current price of $307.15. Air Products and Chemicals has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Aristocrat. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 5.9% a year. It paid out 76% of its earnings as dividends. 21 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $342.55 is 11.5% above the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 24, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Buy
Bullish sentiment
67% of 21 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$342.55
+11.5% vs current price

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. 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, metals, manufacturing, electronics, energy production, medical, food, chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, oil and gas recovery and processing, and steel and primary metals processing.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
—
P/B Ratio
4.93
EV/EBITDA
19.0
Beta
0.76
vs S&P 500
52W High
$314.87
52W Low
$229.11

Profitability

Gross Margin
32.06%
Operating Margin
25.54%
Net Margin
-0.38%
ROE
0.02%
Free Cash Flow
-$1.50B

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
110.09
lower is safer
Current Ratio
1.08
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
0.75
>1 healthy
Employees
21,087
HQ
Allentown, PA, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 24, 2026 10:52

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Data Sources: Yahoo Finance via yfinance (real-time prices, dividend history, financial statements, analyst ratings and price targets) · S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index (official constituent list) · Dividend Kings public records (companies with 50+ years of consecutive dividend increases) · SEC EDGAR company filings (10-K annual reports — primary source for all financial statement data). Data is fetched automatically each day and may be delayed up to 24 hours. All figures are in USD unless otherwise stated.