Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

APD stock score: 53/100

$302.66 · +0.03% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
66
Fundamental
40
News
56

The reading

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) scores 53 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 50% of Basic Materials stocks and 51% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 66, fundamentals 40.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and EBITDA Margins at 97 score highest, while Price to Sales Ratio at 2 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 69 and contrarian oscillators 27 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 56; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 42 to 70, and it is down 16 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward APD’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

40

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • EBITDA Margins97

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Operating Margins97

    Operating margins measure profitability after operating expenses.

Holding it back

  • Price to Sales Ratio2

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)2

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)3

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

65

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Stochastic (14)100

    Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.

Holding it back

  • Williams %R (28)0

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Williams %R (14)0

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Williams %R (7)0

    Williams %R (7-period) places the close within the last 7 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
56
Social Sentiment (1W)
54

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly531
Daily653
Weekly672
Monthly712
Quarterly682

Composite score, last 90 days

05010053Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 69Jul 25, 2026: 69Jul 26, 2026: 69Jul 27, 2026: 68Jul 28, 2026: 68Jul 29, 2026: 68Jul 30, 2026: 70Jul 31, 2026: 55Aug 2, 2026: 49Aug 3, 2026: 51Aug 4, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 51Aug 6, 2026: 51Aug 7, 2026: 51Aug 8, 2026: 51Aug 9, 2026: 51Aug 10, 2026: 52Aug 11, 2026: 52Aug 12, 2026: 51Aug 13, 2026: 51Aug 14, 2026: 52Aug 15, 2026: 52Aug 16, 2026: 52Aug 17, 2026: 51Aug 18, 2026: 51Aug 19, 2026: 52Aug 20, 2026: 51Aug 22, 2026: 52Aug 23, 2026: 52Aug 24, 2026: 53Aug 25, 2026: 52Aug 26, 2026: 52Aug 27, 2026: 52Aug 28, 2026: 52Aug 29, 2026: 52Aug 30, 2026: 52Aug 31, 2026: 53Sep 1, 2026: 52Sep 2, 2026: 53Sep 3, 2026: 51Sep 4, 2026: 50Sep 5, 2026: 50Sep 6, 2026: 50Sep 7, 2026: 50Sep 8, 2026: 50Sep 9, 2026: 48Sep 10, 2026: 47Sep 11, 2026: 47Sep 12, 2026: 48Sep 13, 2026: 48Sep 14, 2026: 46Sep 15, 2026: 47Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 46Sep 18, 2026: 45Sep 19, 2026: 46Sep 20, 2026: 46Sep 21, 2026: 43Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 49Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 45Sep 26, 2026: 45Sep 27, 2026: 45Sep 28, 2026: 43Sep 29, 2026: 43Sep 30, 2026: 43Oct 1, 2026: 42Oct 2, 2026: 43Oct 3, 2026: 43Oct 4, 2026: 43Oct 5, 2026: 45Oct 6, 2026: 46Oct 7, 2026: 44Oct 8, 2026: 44Oct 9, 2026: 46Oct 10, 2026: 46Oct 11, 2026: 46Oct 12, 2026: 47Oct 13, 2026: 50Oct 14, 2026: 51Oct 15, 2026: 52Oct 16, 2026: 53Oct 17, 2026: 53Oct 18, 2026: 53Oct 19, 2026: 52Oct 20, 2026: 53Oct 21, 2026: 53
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Key facts

Market cap
$67.4B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Beta
0.76
Risk grade (1–10)
1
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Specialty Chemicals peers

CompanyMarket capScore
LIN Linde$231.4B62
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company$81.6B60
ECL Ecolab$80.8B62
PPG PPG Industries$24.1B55
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances$23.3B51
LYB LyondellBasell Industries$20.7B49

Questions

What is APD's stock score today?

APD scores 53/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 66, fundamental 40, and news sentiment 56, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is APD a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 53 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the APD score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.