APD Stock Overview

While the revenue and earnings per share (EPS) for Air Products and Chemicals (APD) provide insight into its performance for the quarter ending December 2024, it could be helpful to look at how these important figures stack up against Wall Street predictions and last year's results.

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) reported quarterly earnings of $2.86 per share, matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This is an increase compared to earnings of $2.82 per share from the same period last year.

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, the company reported a GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $2.77, which is a one percent increase from the previous year, and a net income of $650 million, up five percent. The adjusted EPS also rose by one percent to $2.86, with an adjusted EBITDA of $1.2 billion, maintaining a strong margin of 40.6 percent. Additionally, the company has raised its quarterly dividend to $1.79 per share, continuing a 43-year trend of increasing dividends, and expects to return about $1.6 billion to shareholders in 2025.

Seifi Ghasemi will be leaving the company after over 10 years of committed service. Wayne T. Smith has been appointed as the new Board Chairman, and Dennis H. will also take on a new role.

Activist investor Mantle Ridge has gained enough backing from investors in Air Products and Chemicals to obtain multiple positions on the company's board of directors, according to two sources who are knowledgeable about the situation.

Air Products has raised its quarterly dividend on common stock to $1.79 per share, celebrating 43 years of continuous dividend increases. This announcement was made by the company's Board of Directors in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, on January 22, 2025.

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The initial adjusted earnings per share (EPS) is higher than the top range of APD's earlier forecast for the first quarter of the fiscal year.

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) has a strong track record of surprising with its earnings and currently has the right factors in place for a potential positive outcome in its upcoming quarterly report.