Ideas And Forecasts On Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD)

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.52M but it saw 1394089 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 62.25B USD, the company’s current market price of $280.02 came rising about 0.83 while comparing to the previous closing price of $277.71. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $307.71 and as low as $212.24. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $273.76 while lowest mark touched by it was $280.42.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) gives us an average price of $275.58, while its current price level is -9.00% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 31.94% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $269.91 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $256.93. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.38% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.70%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 58.56 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, APD’s stock price is moving 2.37% up while it is 1.25% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 2.27% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -7.32%.

Currently, Air Products & Chemicals Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 222.20M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.96% and return on equity (ROE) at 17.53%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 24.33 while having a 20.91 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.83. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.12 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.14. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.55% on average.