Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
Basic Materials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for APD is $336.08, 12.2% above the last close of $299.59 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $300.05 to $372.12. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E—
- P/E vs sector—
- P/E vs own—
- Target upside+12.2%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$66.71B
- FCF yield+3.1%
- InsidersNone in 90d
- Earnings in20d
- News
Why it moved
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) rose 1.0% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Basic Materials stocks rose 0.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
News spike: 4 stories, 4.3× the 30-day average.
- Two Chemical Giants Cut Their Dividends. One Kept Raising.
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $APD Stake Raised by Aspiriant LLC
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $APD Position Boosted by Focus Financial Network Inc.
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $299.59 · +21.5% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendbullish
- Sector→ -3.0%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50↑ in ~26d
- RSI67
- Support0.0%
- Resistance+3.1%
- Off 52w high-4.0%
- Off ATH-7.3%
- 52w range$299.59
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD2.97
- ATR+1.8%
- Volume1.1x
Analyst price targets
13 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $299.59 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 5 · Buy 11 · Hold 7 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q3 FY2026: Revenue +4.6% year over year, free cash flow 9.8% of revenue, operating margin -66.3%.
| Q3 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $3.16B | -6.46 | $310M | 32.8% | -66.3% | -45.6% |
| Q2 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $3.17B | 3.19 | $2.35B | 31.1% | 23.7% | 22.4% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | $3.1B | 3.04 | -$351M | 32.1% | 23.7% | 21.9% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $3.17B | 0.02 | -$257M | 32.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $3.02B | 3.20 | -$640M | 32.5% | 26.2% | 23.6% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $2.92B | -7.77 | -$1.56B | 29.6% | -79.8% | -59.3% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | $2.93B | 2.77 | -$1.31B | 31.2% | 22.0% | 21.1% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $3.19B | 8.75 | -$1.12B | 34.0% | 76.1% | 61.2% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $498.43 | +1.1% | -8.5% | +10.6% | 32.2 | $230B | |
| 2 |  | $335.20 | -0.5% | -9.4% | +13.8% | 30.9 | $81.37B | |
| 3 |  | $288.89 | -0.7% | -5.6% | +11.7% | 38.8 | $80.98B | |
| 4 | | $299.59 | +1.0% | -4.0% | +12.2% | — | $66.71B | |
| 5 |  | $107.39 | -0.4% | -16.9% | +20.6% | 15.4 | $23.86B | |
| 6 |  | $90.68 | +0.4% | 0.0% | +4.5% | 84.0 | $23.14B | |
| 7 |  | $64.01 | +2.1% | -20.7% | +8.4% | — | $20.68B | |
| 8 |  | $95.48 | -2.8% | -55.5% | +84.2% | — | $11.27B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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