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Air Products and Chemicals Inc

APDNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustryIndustrial Gases

Beta (adjusted)0.83

Intrinsic Value

Insufficient data for a value estimateNot enough reliable inputs to publish a fair value for this company yet.

Market Price $278.23Price as of 30 Sep 2026

Data confidenceNot applicable

Market Cap $62B

Enterprise Value $79B

Shares Outstanding 222.8M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date5 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend1 Oct 2026

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Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Air Products enters the final quarter of fiscal 2026 with improving underlying industrial-gas performance but material evidence of capital-allocation and project-execution risk. Fiscal third-quarter adjusted EPS rose 12%, adjusted operating margin expanded 110 basis points to 25.6%, and management raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance. Long-term electronics demand in Taiwan and commercialization of NEOM renewable ammonia provide credible growth avenues. Conversely, approximately $2.9 billion of pre-tax project-exit charges, the withdrawal from the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex and other hydrogen projects, and management's continued macroeconomic caution warrant a valuation-neutral stance.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets19 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$314.00

Mean target$343.37

High · most bullish analyst$365.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$314.0023%

Macroeconomic weakness, project delays, cost inflation or further portfolio rationalization undermine guidance and reverse recent margin improvement. Additional cancellation costs or weak commercialization of large clean-energy investments would reinforce concerns raised by the Louisiana and Arizona exits.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$343.3758%

Matches the consensus mean

Air Products delivers fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS within the $13.39-$13.49 range and maintains adjusted operating margins near the third-quarter level. Traditional industrial-gas projects offset slower clean-hydrogen development, but recent project exits limit confidence in a more constructive recommendation.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$365.0019%

Higher on-site volumes, pricing, productivity and new assets sustain double-digit adjusted EPS growth, while the four-unit Taiwan electronics project and the Yara distribution agreement improve the quality and visibility of future growth. Lower capital intensity following portfolio optimization improves execution discipline.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Fiscal third-quarter adjusted EPS increased 12% to $3.47, adjusted operating income increased 9%, and adjusted operating margin expanded 110 basis points to 25.6%.
Growth options include a long-term Taiwan semiconductor supply agreement covering four large air-separation units and the finalized Yara marketing and distribution agreement for NEOM renewable ammonia.

Key Investment Risks

Project exits produced approximately $2.9 billion of fiscal third-quarter pre-tax charges and included the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex, the Casa Grande hydrogen facility and smaller distribution projects.
Management remains cautious about macroeconomic uncertainty, while project delays, scope changes, cost escalation and commercialization remain explicit execution risks.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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