Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for APD in the last 90 days.
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Air Products and Chemicals (APD) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$284.18−1.94 (−0.7%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:17 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryAir Products closes at $284.18, down 0.7%, sitting between its 50-day average of $299.05 and 200-day average of $284.02. Over one month the stock is down 6.3%, though it is up 1.4% over three months and roughly flat over six. The GekkoIndex reads 72, placing it in the Buying zone, and the price sits 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $317.47.
This week's news centers on a $250 million investment in Arizona tied to a new long-term supply agreement with a semiconductor manufacturer, covering high-purity hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide infrastructure to support advanced U.S. chip manufacturing and packaging. Separately, a filing showed Bank of America Corp DE acquiring 4,150,953 shares, valued at approximately $1,216,976,000. Other coverage compared APD's year-to-date performance against sector peer Avient and against the broader S&P 500.
Looking ahead, the next earnings date is 5 November 2026, before the open, 46 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold; the last report on 30 July showed EPS of $3.47 against a $3.36 estimate, with a 0.2% reaction and full-year EPS growth guidance raised to 11%-12%. APD carries 2 billionaire holders. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 1.3% gain over 5 years, rising in 2 of them. Analyst coverage spans 17 firms, with 10 at buy and 7 at hold, and a consensus target of $345.11.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $284.18200-day averageGekko Fair Value $317.47
Key stats
- Market cap
- $63.28B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 19.9
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.20
- Revenue, TTM
- $12.60B
- Profit margin
- -0.4%
- Dividend yield
- 2.51%
- Beta
- 0.75
- Volume
- 2.39M avg 1.07M
- 1-year return
- −2.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.9%
- 50-day average
- $299.05
- 200-day average
- $284.02
- Next earnings
- Nov 5 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 222.7M
Air Products and Chemicals swing-trade checklist
Air Products and Chemicals scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $284.18 sits between the 50-day ($299.05) and 200-day ($284.02) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
72, Buying
Reading 72 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
10.5% below
Price is 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 46 days
Next report Nov 5, 2026, 46 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+1.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.3% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
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Air Products and Chemicals stock chart and price history
Air Products and Chemicals closed at $284.18 on Sep 18, 2026, −2.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $229.11 to $314.87.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.3%
- 3 months
- +1.4%
- 6 months
- 0.0%
- 1 year
- −2.2%
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Air Products and Chemicals GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Air Products and Chemicals’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72, in the Buying zone, up 7.2 points over five sessions.
72Buying
Up 7.2 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 40 | +2.8% | +6.5% | ||
| Accumulation | 192 | −0.2% | +0.9% | ||
| Neutral | 379 | +0.2% | +0.8% | ||
| Distribution | 50 | −0.7% | −3.0% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average APD share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Air Products and Chemicals stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Air Products and Chemicals trades 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $317.47, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Air Products and Chemicals shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$317.47
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
10.5% Undervalued
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Air Products and Chemicals insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Air Products and Chemicals, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in APD were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold APD.
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Air Products and Chemicals earnings: next date and track record
Air Products and Chemicals reports on Nov 5, 2026, before the open (46 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
Expected before the open, 46 days away
- EPS estimate
- $3.60
- Revenue estimate
- $3.32B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.7%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 30, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Air Products reported solid third-quarter fiscal 2026 results, with sales up 5%, operating income up 9%, operating margin improving to 25.6%, and EPS of $3.47 (up 12% YoY), above guidance. Volume improvement was led by on-site business, new assets coming onstream (notably in Asia and the Americas), and helium/ electronics momentum in Asia. Management raised full-year EPS growth guidance to 11%–12% and reduced FY CapEx by roughly $500 million (timing-related). Return on capital improved to 11.7% and company has achieved about $75 million of headcount-reduction savings YTD. The company recorded a pretax charge of $2.9 billion related to exiting the Louisiana (Darrow), Casa Grande (Arizona) and other smaller clean energy distribution projects; management is pursuing redeployment and sale options for equipment and ammonia production assets. Air Products finalized a marketing and distribution agreement with Yara for the NGHC (NEOM) green ammonia project; management expects no income-statement impact in fiscal 2027 related to NEOM but notes a long commissioning period and retained price exposure. Helium headwind was ~2% (better than guided), with Air Products highlighting its cavern inventory and diversified sourcing strategy. Electronics backlog and new large projects (Taiwan, Korea, Samsung-related) are driving a robust opportunity pipeline skewed to electronics. Management reiterated focus on earnings growth through volumes, pricing, productivity, optimizing large projects, and disciplined capital allocation including potential buybacks toward end of 2027/early 2028.
- Guidance
- Raised full-year adjusted EPS growth guidance to +11% to +12% for fiscal 2026. CapEx forecast reduced by approximately $500 million (timing). Management confirmed no expected income-statement impact from NEOM in fiscal 2027. Share buybacks are in the capital allocation waterfall with a line of sight to begin toward end of fiscal 2027 / early fiscal 2028, dependent on capital deployment and project pipeline.
- Risks flagged
- Large pretax charge of $2.9 billion from exiting several clean-energy projects (Louisiana/Darrow, Casa Grande and others) creates execution and asset realization risk. NEOM/NGHC commissioning is first-of-a-kind, with long commissioning timeline, deconsolidation timing uncertainty, and retained price exposure under a 30-year offtake obligation (volume risk largely hedged via Yara but price risk remains). Helium supply and pricing remains a headwind (market tightness, geopolitical shipping constraints), and macro weakness in Europe and parts of Asia could depress merchant volumes. Timing and proceeds from asset monetizations (Darrow, gasification assets) are uncertain. Fixed-cost inflation and maintenance/project disruptions could pressure margins until offset by pricing/productivity.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $3.47 est $3.36 | $3.16B est $3.20B | +0.2% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $3.20 est $3.06 | $3.17B est $3.07B | −0.5% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $3.16 est $3.04 | $3.10B est $3.05B | +5.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $3.39 est $3.38 | $3.17B est $3.18B | +9.3% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $3.09 est $2.99 | $3.02B est $2.99B | −2.9% |
| May 1, 2025 | $2.69 est $2.83 | $2.92B est $2.92B | +2.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $2.86 est $2.84 | $2.93B est $2.95B | −6.8% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $3.56 est $3.47 | $3.19B est $3.21B | +2.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Air Products and Chemicals stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Air Products and Chemicals is $345.11, +21.4% from the last close, from 17 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$345.11consensus 12-month target, +21.4% from the last close
Now $284.18Avg $345.11
Low $314High $365
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 17 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | Citi | $330 | +16.1% |
| Sep 11 | KeyBanc | — | — |
| Sep 10 | KeyBanc | — | — |
| Sep 8 | Deutsche Bank | $320 | +12.6% |
| Sep 8 | Argus Research | $329 | +15.8% |
+6.5%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+1.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Air Products and Chemicals seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Air Products and Chemicals averaged +1.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −3.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −3.3% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, APD’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.9%.
Air Products and Chemicals market cap and key statistics
Air Products and Chemicals’s market cap is $63.28B and revenue of $12.60B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $63.28B
- Forward P/E
- 19.9
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.20
- Gekko Fair Value
- $317.47
Trading
- Volume
- 2.39M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.07M
- 52-week high
- $314.87
- 52-week low
- $229.11
- Shares outstanding
- 222.7M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $12.60B
- Profit margin
- -0.4%
- Return on equity
- 0%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +9.7%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.75
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.9%
- Dividend yield
- 2.51%
Air Products and Chemicals stock news this week
Coverage of Air Products and Chemicals this week reads neutral: 2 positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Air Products to invest $250 million in Arizona semiconductor expansionIndian Chemical News, Sep 19
- APD Expands Semiconductor Footprint With $250M Arizona InvestmentZacks Investment Research, Sep 17
- Air Products Wins Long-Term Contract to Supply High-Purity Industrial Gases for Major U.S. Semiconductor ExpansionPRNewsWire, Sep 16
- 4,150,953 Shares in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $APD Acquired by Bank of America Corp DEDefense World, Sep 15
- Air Products And Chemicals: Back In The Buy Column NowSeeking Alpha, Sep 14
- Are Basic Materials Stocks Lagging Air Products and Chemicals (APD) This Year?Zacks Investment Research, Sep 14
Air Products and Chemicals peers
Air Products and Chemicals’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LINLinde | Buying | 9.1% below |
| ECLEcolab | Accumulation | 2.4% above |
| DOWDow | Accumulation | 34.5% below |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | Accumulation | 9.8% below |
| ALBAlbemarle | Accumulation | 23.0% below |
| WLKWestlake | Accumulation | 24.8% below |
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Air Products and Chemicals stock FAQ
What is Air Products and Chemicals’s market cap?
Air Products and Chemicals’s market cap is $63.28B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $284.18, with 222.7M shares outstanding.
What is the Air Products and Chemicals stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Air Products and Chemicals is $345.11, +21.4% from the last close. Of the 17 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 10 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Air Products and Chemicals stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Air Products and Chemicals is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $284.18 is 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $317.47. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Air Products and Chemicals report earnings next?
Air Products and Chemicals is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, before the market opens (46 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.60 per share on revenue of $3.32B. Air Products and Chemicals beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.7% on average across the report.
What is Air Products and Chemicals’s 52-week high and low?
Air Products and Chemicals’s 52-week high is $314.87 and its 52-week low is $229.11; it closed at $284.18 on Sep 18, 2026, −2.2% over the past year.
Is Air Products and Chemicals stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (trend and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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