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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is stabilizing after a CEO change and strategic pivot, but shares remain rangebound and upside is limited in the near term. Recent results show modest improvement, with cost discipline and volume growth outside project exits, but cash flow remains pressured by high cap-ex and debt. Management's guidance is conservative; I expect APD to deliver at the top end, but meaningful transformation will take years, with true potential not reached until 2030.

APD tops Q3 estimates as higher energy cost pass-through and pricing offset lower volumes.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Air Products and Chemicals (APD) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 31, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Eduardo F. Menezes - CEO & Director Eric Guter - Vice President of Investor Relations Melissa N.

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.09 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.98 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.2 per share a year ago.

Air Products forecast lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday and narrowed its full-year earnings expectation as weak helium demand, project exits and the impact of a prior LNG business sale continued to weigh on volumes.

Q3 FY25  Summary of Results (comparisons versus prior year): GAAP earnings per share ("EPS")# of $3.24, up four percent; GAAP operating income of $791 million, up seven percent Adjusted EPS* of $3.09, down three percent; adjusted operating income of $741 million flat Guidance Revising fiscal 2025 full-year adjusted EPS guidance* to $11.90 to $12.10; fiscal 2025 fourth quarter adjusted EPS guidance* of $3.27 to $3.47 Expect fiscal year 2025 capital expenditures* of approximately $5 billion # Per share amounts are calculated and presented on a diluted basis from continuing operations attributable to Air Products. *Certain results in this release, including in the highlights above, include references to non-GAAP financial measures on a consolidated, continuing operations basis and a segment basis.

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Air Products and Chemicals (APD) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. , July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that Matthew Lepore has been appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer effective August 18, 2025.