Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. APD

281.76 (2.73) (0.96%) as of 25 Sep
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) Return on invested capital

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −1.12%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.65%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.65% (fiscal 2025) to 11.0% (fiscal 2019) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.75% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −1.65% (11.01)
FY2024 9.36% 2.80
FY2023 6.56% (1.55)
FY2022 8.11% (0.85)
FY2021 8.96% (1.04)
FY2020 10.0% (0.95)
FY2019 11.0% 0.68
FY2018 10.3% 1.55
FY2017 8.72% (0.69)
FY2016 9.41% 2.74

Against its own ten years

Low −1.65% High 11.0%
Ten-year median 8.96%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company compare 16.0%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 9.87%
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 9.83%
LIN Linde PLC compare 9.20%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 2.87%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 2.84%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 2.65%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 1.46%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. −1.12%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.75%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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