Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

APD Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $12.0 billion, down 0.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.58%
EPS
−302.2%
Free cash flow
+180.1%
Total debt
+2.23%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

311.20 7.67 −2.41%
Market cap
$68.9B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
93.9×
Dividend yield
2.32%
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
2.41
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
20/100

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) Return on equity

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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −0.28%, up 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.19%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.19% (fiscal 2025) to 34.5% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.34% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 −2.19% (24.49)
FY2024 22.3% 6.63
FY2023 15.7% (0.57)
FY2022 16.2% 0.42
FY2021 15.8% (0.01)
FY2020 15.8% 0.23
FY2019 15.6% 1.58
FY2018 14.0% (20.47)
FY2017 34.5% 25.84
FY2016 8.65% (8.50)

Against its own ten years

Low −2.19% High 34.5%
Ten-year median 15.8%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 63.7%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 21.0%
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 20.6%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 18.9%
LIN Linde PLC compare 17.3%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 11.8%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 1.63%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 1.32%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. −0.28%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.34%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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