Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Recovers 35.56% From 52-Week Low, Is APD Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.49M but it saw 958336 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 63.96B USD, the company’s current market price of $287.72 came rising about 0.15 while comparing to the previous closing price of $287.30. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $301.03 and as low as $212.24. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $287.52 while lowest mark touched by it was $291.54.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) gives us an average price of $278.89, while its current price level is -4.42% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 35.56% 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 $273.27 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $257.38. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.58% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.73%. 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 63.27 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, APD’s stock price is moving 2.75% up while it is 5.23% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 5.08% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -3.85%.

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 25.00 while having a 21.48 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.82. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.23 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.28. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.55% on average.