Growth Metrics

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

Air Products & Chemicals' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, down 18.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 3.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.22% at Air Products & Chemicals, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.24% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.6% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.17% (2022), against an average of 0.09%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 18bps in 2022 before it plummeted -79bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then soared by 3254bps to 0.18% in 2022, then rose by 13bps to 0.21% in 2023, then grew by 7bps to 0.22% in 2024, then rose by 1bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for APD's Return on Sales are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.24% (Q2 2025).