Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Air Products & Chemicals (APD) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.01% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 3.93 percentage points from 3.94% a year earlier and down 5.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -0.88%, down 11.67 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -9.63 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Assets [ROA] was 10.79% in FY2024 (+2.89 pp), 7.90% in FY2023 (-0.49 pp), 8.39% in FY2022 (+0.26 pp) and 8.13% in FY2021 (-0.63 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of -0.86% in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of 10.09% in fiscal Q4 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.17 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2024, with a gain of 2.66 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2025, with a drop of 10.95 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 5.19% (Q2 2026), -0.76% (Q1 2026) and -0.86% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 239.54 Bn | 223.24 Bn | 4.44 Bn | 8.15% |
| 2 | Corning | 96.61 Bn | 88.91 Bn | 1.81 Bn | 7.01% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 85.84 Bn | 84.86 Bn | 3.28 Bn | 9.93% |
| 4 | Air Products & Chemicals | 69.53 Bn | 72.40 Bn | - | 1.35% |
| 5 | LyondellBasell Industries | 39.13 Bn | 27.31 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 3.76% |
| 6 | Nutrien | 34.78 Bn | 31.35 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 4.20% |
| 7 | Ppg Industries | 27.48 Bn | 20.55 Bn | 1.76 Bn | 7.05% |
| 8 | Qnity Electronics | 25.83 Bn | 22.27 Bn | 743.00 Mn | 4.15% |
| 9 | Ati | 24.82 Bn | 22.90 Bn | 380.20 Mn | 10.06% |
| 10 | Dow | 22.79 Bn | 8.23 Bn | 1.38 Bn | -0.97% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.35% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.79% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 8.14% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.58% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.60% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.33% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.53% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 7.73% |
API Access
Air Products & Chemicals Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=APD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "APD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=APD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();