APDAir Products & Chemicals
+2.0% today · +23.0% over a year
1/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 27% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers. Dividend yield 2.32%.
Air Products & Chemicals (APD) valuation against sector peers: P/B 5.0, free-cash-flow yield −0.4%, P/S 5.5.
Ratios vs sector
Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).
| Metric | APD | Sector median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | — | 23.8 · n=64 | — |
| P/B | 5.0 | 2.1 · n=82 | 142% above |
| P/S | 5.5 | 1.2 · n=82 | 344% above |
| EV/EBIT | — | 19.9 · n=50 | — |
| Free-cash-flow yield | −0.4% | 3.6% · n=80 | 112% below |
| Dividend yield | 2.32% | 1.30% · n=89 | 78% above |
| Return on equity | −0.3% | 10.3% · n=84 | 103% below |
| Return on invested capital | −4.4% | 6.4% · n=65 | 170% below |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 23.9% · n=83 | 34% above |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.90 | 2.41 · n=60 | 137% below |
Value factor: 2 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →
Sector peers
The largest companies of the same sector and region.
| NEMNewmont | 14.1 | 3.6 | — | 7.7% | 0.8% | 9/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCXFreeport-McMoRan | 26.1 | 4.3 | 14.7 | — | 0.9% | 5/10 |
| SHWSherwin-Williams | 32.3 | 21.7 | — | 3.6% | 1.1% | 8/10 |
| ECLEcolab | 41.3 | 8.3 | 33.9 | 2.1% | 1.0% | 8/10 |
| CRHCRH plc | 18.3 | 2.6 | 15.1 | 3.9% | 1.2% | 5/10 |
| NUENucor | 19.7 | 2.6 | — | 2.8% | 0.9% | 8/10 |
| WCNWaste Connections | 41.9 | 6.0 | 32.3 | 2.6% | 0.8% | 6/10 |
| MLMMartin Marietta Materials | 16.4 | 2.1 | 38.4 | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1/10 |
| VMCVulcan Materials | 33.7 | 4.4 | 25.6 | 2.1% | 0.7% | 5/10 |
| STLDSteel Dynamics Inc | 16.5 | 3.3 | 13.9 | 3.4% | 0.9% | 8/10 |
Fiscal-year history
From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.
Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Jun 2026 · filed 30 Jul 2026
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