Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has established an internationally recognized industrial gas and related industrial process equipment business, and developed strong positions as a producer of certain chemicals. The industrial gases business segment recovers and distributes industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and hydrogen and a variety of medical and specialty gases. The chemicals business segment produces and markets polymer chemicals, performance chemicals, and chemical intermediates.
Looking at a few key industries, such as chemical manufacturing, one can usually summarize the strength of a nation’s economy. So many industries rely on the raw products of these companies. Fuel additives and detergents are probably the most common encounter we have with products from these firms. They also produce pharmaceuticals, polymers, resins, monomers, plastics, agricultural chemicals, and industrial gases. Just a few of the industries that use these items are aerospace, beverage, electronic, food processing, automotive, and construction.
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| Totals |
Company |
Industry |
| Sales: |
$8,256.2 Mil |
$141,648.6 Mil |
| Market Cap: |
$20,289.8 Mil |
$177,346.4 Mil |
| Analysts Recommendation: |
Buy |
Buy |
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| Averages |
Company |
Industry |
 |
| Growth |
| Historic Revenue: |
(20.7%) |
(18.9%) |
| Estimated Revenue: |
N/A |
N/A |
| Historic Earnings: |
(18.3%) |
(22.2%) |
| Estimated Earnings: |
25.0% |
56.6% |
| Stock Price (1 Year): |
20.8% |
20.8% |
| Cash per Share: |
375.6% |
73.4% |
| Dividend: |
58.7% |
48.3% |
| Price |
| Trailing PE: |
17.2 |
22.1 |
| Forward PE: |
15.8 |
13.4 |
| Price-to-Sales: |
2.0 |
N/A |
| Price-to-Book: |
4.2 |
6.3 |
| Dividend Yield: |
3.0% |
2.2% |
| Market Cap: |
$20,289.8 Mil |
$22,168.3 Mil |
| Operations |
| Net Margin: |
11.7% |
10.8% |
| Gross Margin: |
26.8% |
27.5% |
| Return on Equity: |
.1 |
.3 |
| Return on Assets: |
.0 |
.1 |
| Balance Sheet |
| Current Ratio: |
1.2 |
1.8 |
| Quick Ratio: |
1.0 |
1.2 |
| Cash Ratio: |
.2 |
.4 |
| Debt-to-Equity: |
1.7 |
3.8 |
| Interest Coverage: |
1.0 |
.1 |
| Technicals |
| Relative-Strength Index: |
66.7 |
N/A |
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