Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Air Products & Chemicals' (APD) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 23.73% in Q1 2026, up 10356.0% year-on-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 23.67% in Q4 2025.

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Air Products & Chemicals has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 23.73% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 23.73%, up 10356.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 18.41% (up 612.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.29%, down 4419.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 23.73% for Q1 2026 at Air Products & Chemicals, roughly flat from 23.67% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 76.06% in Q3 2024 to a low of 79.83% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 21.75% (2024), against an average of 17.44%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 10158 bps in 2025 and surged 10356 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Air Products & Chemicals' Operating Margin stood at 20.54% in 2022, then grew by 8 bps to 22.25% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 21.95% in 2024, then climbed by 8 bps to 23.67% in 2025, then rose by 0 bps to 23.73% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 23.73% (Q1 2026), 23.67% (Q4 2025), and 0.53% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 27.78%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 47.01%
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 14.31%
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 16.97%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 23.73%
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 14.05%
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 9.96%
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.85%
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn 3.32%
10 Albemarle 18.85 Bn 18.02 Bn 500.97 Mn 35.06%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.73%
Dec 31, 2025 23.67%
Sep 30, 2025 0.53%
Jun 30, 2025 26.16%
Mar 31, 2025 -79.83%
Dec 31, 2024 21.95%
Sep 30, 2024 76.06%
Jun 30, 2024 24.71%
Mar 31, 2024 21.75%
Dec 31, 2023 22.25%
Sep 30, 2023 23.14%
Jun 30, 2023 21.23%
Mar 31, 2023 14.37%
Dec 31, 2022 20.54%
Sep 30, 2022 17.55%
Jun 30, 2022 19.67%
Mar 31, 2022 19.08%
Dec 31, 2021 17.47%
Sep 30, 2021 21.71%
Jun 30, 2021 22.16%