Air Products & Chemicals

APD

Market cap $58.1B

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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. , Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that Lisa A.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. , Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products' (NYSE:APD) Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Menezes and Chief Financial Officer Melissa Schaeffer will participate in a fireside chat at Citi's Basic Materials Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. , Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Air Products (NYSE: APD) today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.79 per share of common stock.

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. ( APD ) Q4 2025 Earnings Call November 6, 2025 9:00 AM EST Company Participants Megan Britt Eduardo Menezes - CEO & Director Melissa Schaeffer - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Jeffrey Zekauskas - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Patrick Fischer - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Patrick Cunningham - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Joshua Spector - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Christopher Parkinson - Wolfe Research, LLC John Ezekiel Roberts - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division Laurence Alexander - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Matthew DeYoe - BofA Securities, Research Division Arun Viswanathan - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Kevin McCarthy - Vertical Research Partners, LLC Michael Sison - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and welcome to the Air Products Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded at the request of Air Products.

Air Products beat on both sales and earnings this morning. The gases production company took significant write-downs related to asset sales.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. remains a Hold after a challenging year, with shares down over 20% and a major strategic shift underway. APD's Q4 results beat low expectations, but industrial demand is weak, especially in the US, while Europe shows early signs of recovery. The company is cutting cap-ex and costs, but free cash flow remains negative and leverage is rising, with execution risks still high.

APD's Q4 earnings and revenue fell short of estimates, with lower volumes weighing on results despite regional gains and currency tailwinds.