APD vs Peers Stock Comparison

Air Products & Chemicals Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

APD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPD
Valuation 39 #21 of 34
Growth 56 #15 of 33
Profitability 69 #10 of 30
Financial Health 26 #27 of 36
Shareholder Returns 46 #13 of 23
Overall 47
  • APD ranked among 38 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPDSPY
1 month +8.5% -0.8%
3 months +4.5% +3.5%
6 months +1.1% +7.0%
Year to date +23.7% +12.2%
1 year +19.9% +13.0%
3 years +10.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.4% +23.1%
5 years +3.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +0.7% +11.0%
10 years +129.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAPDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.76 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.7% -1.8%
52-week high $314.19 $779.14
52-week low $230.76 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPD
P/E now vs peer median -1,440xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 1.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 88.9xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -225.8xmedian 10.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 54.45median 1.64

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPD
Revenue $12.60B
Gross profit $4.04B
Operating income -$593.10M
Net income -$19.70M
Free cash flow -$301.40M
R&D $90.80M
EPS (diluted) $-0.21
Cash & equivalents $980.50M
Total debt $17.48B
Shares (diluted) 222.80M
Enterprise value $65.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPD
P/E -1,440x
P/FCF -225.8x
P/Operating cash flow 14.9x
P/S 5.4x
P/B 4.1x
P/Tangible book 4.2x
EV/EBITDA 88.9x
EV/EBIT -142.6x
EV/Revenue 6.7x
EV/FCF -280.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 54.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPD
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -138.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -101.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -103.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -26.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 93.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPD
Gross margin 32.1%
EBITDA margin 7.5%
Operating margin -4.7%
Pretax margin -0.7%
Net margin -0.4%
FCF margin -2.4%
Operating cash flow margin 36.3%
Return on equity 0.0%
Return on assets 0.0%
Return on invested capital 0.0%
Return on capital employed -1.6%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -232.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPD
Debt / assets 43.2%
Debt / equity 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 17.4x
Debt / FCF -58.0x
Liabilities / assets 59.0%
Equity / assets 41.0%
Interest coverage -2.7x
Current ratio 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPD
Dividend yield 2.4%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) -8,114%
Payout ratio (FCF) -530.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 2.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPD
Forward P/E 21.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $14.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPD
Held by institutions 91.2%
Institutions holding 1,772
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0%
Institutions buying 745
Institutions selling 722
Buyers to sellers 1.03

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Air Products & Chemicals (APD) 2.36%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.