Atria Investments Inc Has $8.90 Million Stock Position in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $APD

Atria Investments Inc reduced its position in shares of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) by 19.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 32,619 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 7,686 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Air Products and Chemicals were worth $8,896,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of APD. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Air Products and Chemicals by 1.5% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,739,830 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $6,131,936,000 after purchasing an additional 324,885 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Air Products and Chemicals by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,452,914 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,666,289,000 after purchasing an additional 180,056 shares during the period. Dodge & Cox grew its holdings in Air Products and Chemicals by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 8,821,400 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,488,164,000 after buying an additional 61,678 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Air Products and Chemicals by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,434,228 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,814,839,000 after buying an additional 310,799 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Air Products and Chemicals by 0.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,134,550 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,450,526,000 after buying an additional 27,256 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 81.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on APD. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Air Products and Chemicals from $272.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Bank of America upgraded shares of Air Products and Chemicals from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Air Products and Chemicals from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. UBS Group lifted their target price on Air Products and Chemicals from $250.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Air Products and Chemicals from $350.00 to $325.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 7th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $295.88.

Air Products and Chemicals Stock Performance

NYSE:APD opened at $291.88 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $64.99 billion, a PE ratio of -193.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has a 12-month low of $229.11 and a 12-month high of $321.47. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $259.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $267.96.

Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:APD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 30th. The basic materials company reported $3.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.04 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. Air Products and Chemicals had a positive return on equity of 15.77% and a negative net margin of 2.73%.The company’s revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.86 EPS. Air Products and Chemicals has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.950-3.100 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 12.850-13.150 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. will post 12.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Air Products and Chemicals Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid a $1.81 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $7.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.5%. This is a boost from Air Products and Chemicals’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.79. Air Products and Chemicals’s dividend payout ratio is presently -474.17%.

Air Products and Chemicals Profile

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc is a global supplier of industrial gases and related equipment and services, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company produces and delivers atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon, as well as specialty and process gases used across a wide range of industrial applications. Air Products designs, builds and operates gas production facilities, merchant distribution networks and on-site gas systems for customers that require reliable, high-purity gases and integrated supply solutions.

The company’s product and service portfolio includes packaged and bulk gas supply, pipeline distribution, on-site generation, gas handling and storage equipment, and engineered systems for gas liquefaction and purification.