Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)

APD Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 15 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for APD stock have an average target of 303.73, with a low estimate of 240 and a high estimate of 365. The average target predicts a decrease of -2.14% from the current stock price of 310.36.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$240	$303.73	$295	$365
Change	-22.67%	-2.14%	-4.95%	+17.61%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for APD stock from 18 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '24	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24
Strong Buy	4	5	4	4	4	6
Buy	4	4	4	4	4	5
Hold	5	6	7	7	7	6
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	14	16	16	16	16	18

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Patrick Cunningham Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $330 → $345	Strong Buy	Maintains	$330 → $345	+11.16%	Oct 7, 2024
Kevin McCarthy Vertical Research	Vertical Research	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades n/a	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 7, 2024
Laurence Alexander Jefferies	Jefferies	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $295 → $364	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$295 → $364	+17.28%	Oct 7, 2024
Stephen Richardson Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold → Buy Upgrades $305 → $365	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$305 → $365	+17.61%	Oct 7, 2024
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $276 → $281	Hold	Maintains	$276 → $281	-9.46%	Aug 20, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

12.28B

Decreased by -2.56%

from 12.60B

Revenue Next Year

12.84B

Increased by 4.58%

from 12.28B

EPS This Year

12.47

Increased by 20.66%

from 10.33

EPS Next Year

13.48

Increased by 8.14%

from 12.47

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Sep 30, 2019	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026
Revenue	8.92B	8.86B	10.32B	12.70B	12.60B	12.28B	12.84B	13.97B
Revenue Growth	-0.13%	-0.70%	16.56%	23.01%	-0.78%	-2.56%	4.58%	8.81%
EPS	7.94	8.49	9.44	10.14	10.33	12.47	13.48	14.69
EPS Growth	17.09%	6.87%	11.20%	7.43%	1.94%	20.66%	8.14%	8.98%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	24.89	23.02	21.12
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	26	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.2B	14.1B	15.7B
Avg	12.3B	12.8B	14.0B
Low	11.8B	11.6B	13.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.4%	15.2%	21.9%
Avg	-2.6%	4.6%	8.8%
Low	-6.5%	-5.7%	1.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.13	14.98	16.14
Avg	12.47	13.48	14.69
Low	11.96	11.76	12.74

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	27.0%	20.1%	19.7%
Avg	20.7%	8.1%	9.0%
Low	15.7%	-5.7%	-5.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.