APD Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Dow has a net margin of 61.17% compared to Air Products & Chemicals's net margin of 1.97%. Air Products & Chemicals's return on equity of 22.93% beat Dow's return on equity of 5.56%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a consensus price target of $349.04, signalling upside risk potential of 18.9%. On the other hand Dow has an analysts' consensus of $51.94 which suggests that it could grow by 29.96%. Given that Dow has higher upside potential than Air Products & Chemicals, analysts believe Dow is more attractive than Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals has a beta of 0.809, which suggesting that the stock is 19.065% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Dow has a beta of 1.188, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 18.8%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a quarterly dividend of $1.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.41%. Dow offers a yield of 7.01% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share. Air Products & Chemicals pays 40.88% of its earnings as a dividend. Dow pays out 334.81% of its earnings as a dividend. Air Products & Chemicals's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Dow's is not.

Air Products & Chemicals quarterly revenues are $3.2B, which are smaller than Dow quarterly revenues of $10.9B. Air Products & Chemicals's net income of $1.9B is higher than Dow's net income of $214M. Notably, Air Products & Chemicals's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.09x while Dow's PE ratio is 26.65x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Air Products & Chemicals is 5.40x versus 0.65x for Dow. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Linde PLC has a net margin of 61.17% compared to Air Products & Chemicals's net margin of 18.55%. Air Products & Chemicals's return on equity of 22.93% beat Linde PLC's return on equity of 15.82%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a consensus price target of $349.04, signalling upside risk potential of 18.9%. On the other hand Linde PLC has an analysts' consensus of $494.17 which suggests that it could grow by 17.01%. Given that Air Products & Chemicals has higher upside potential than Linde PLC, analysts believe Air Products & Chemicals is more attractive than Linde PLC.

Air Products & Chemicals has a beta of 0.809, which suggesting that the stock is 19.065% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Linde PLC has a beta of 0.929, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 7.066%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a quarterly dividend of $1.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.41%. Linde PLC offers a yield of 1.32% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.39 per share. Air Products & Chemicals pays 40.88% of its earnings as a dividend. Linde PLC pays out 40.04% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Air Products & Chemicals quarterly revenues are $3.2B, which are smaller than Linde PLC quarterly revenues of $8.4B. Air Products & Chemicals's net income of $1.9B is higher than Linde PLC's net income of $1.6B. Notably, Air Products & Chemicals's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.09x while Linde PLC's PE ratio is 32.07x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Air Products & Chemicals is 5.40x versus 6.20x for Linde PLC. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Nucor has a net margin of 61.17% compared to Air Products & Chemicals's net margin of 3.36%. Air Products & Chemicals's return on equity of 22.93% beat Nucor's return on equity of 11.62%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a consensus price target of $349.04, signalling upside risk potential of 18.9%. On the other hand Nucor has an analysts' consensus of $163.96 which suggests that it could grow by 40.61%. Given that Nucor has higher upside potential than Air Products & Chemicals, analysts believe Nucor is more attractive than Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals has a beta of 0.809, which suggesting that the stock is 19.065% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Nucor has a beta of 1.552, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 55.201%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a quarterly dividend of $1.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.41%. Nucor offers a yield of 1.85% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share. Air Products & Chemicals pays 40.88% of its earnings as a dividend. Nucor pays out 11.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Air Products & Chemicals quarterly revenues are $3.2B, which are smaller than Nucor quarterly revenues of $7.4B. Air Products & Chemicals's net income of $1.9B is higher than Nucor's net income of $249.9M. Notably, Air Products & Chemicals's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.09x while Nucor's PE ratio is 11.27x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Air Products & Chemicals is 5.40x versus 0.90x for Nucor. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 61.17% compared to Air Products & Chemicals's net margin of 7.32%. Air Products & Chemicals's return on equity of 22.93% beat Steel Dynamics's return on equity of 19.51%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a consensus price target of $349.04, signalling upside risk potential of 18.9%. On the other hand Steel Dynamics has an analysts' consensus of $139.10 which suggests that it could grow by 20.17%. Given that Steel Dynamics has higher upside potential than Air Products & Chemicals, analysts believe Steel Dynamics is more attractive than Air Products & Chemicals.

Air Products & Chemicals has a beta of 0.809, which suggesting that the stock is 19.065% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.310, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 31.033%.

Air Products & Chemicals has a quarterly dividend of $1.77 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.41%. Steel Dynamics offers a yield of 1.56% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.46 per share. Air Products & Chemicals pays 40.88% of its earnings as a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 11.07% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Air Products & Chemicals quarterly revenues are $3.2B, which are smaller than Steel Dynamics quarterly revenues of $4.3B. Air Products & Chemicals's net income of $1.9B is higher than Steel Dynamics's net income of $317.8M. Notably, Air Products & Chemicals's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.09x while Steel Dynamics's PE ratio is 10.48x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Air Products & Chemicals is 5.40x versus 1.02x for Steel Dynamics. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.