Growth Metrics

Air Products & Chemicals (APD) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 19.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.04%, down 19.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 15.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.04% at Air Products & Chemicals, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.14% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.04% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.09% (2022), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital increased 5bps in 2024 before it fell -19bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.09% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 0.09% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.1% in 2023, then soared by 43bps to 0.14% in 2024, then crashed by -130bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for APD's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q3 2025), 0.05% (Q2 2025), and 0.05% (Q1 2025).