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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Shares of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. fell 2% due to disappointing results and guidance, amidst recent management changes and strategic uncertainties. APD's weak quarter included earnings of $2.69, below consensus, and revenue of $2.9 billion, prompting a cut in full-year guidance. New management aims to streamline APD, focusing on the core industrial gas business, reducing CapEx, and improving capital efficiency with potential buybacks.

APD's sales remain flat due to higher energy costs pass-through and higher pricing, offset by lower volumes and unfavorable currency in Q2.

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 March 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 (APD) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.69 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.84 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.85 per share a year ago.

Air Products cut its annual profit forecast on Thursday and the industrial gas maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings, hurt by lower sales volumes and higher costs, sending the company's shares down 4% premarket.

Q2 FY25  Summary of Results (comparisons versus prior year): GAAP results, including loss per share# of $7.77 and net loss of $1.7 billion, driven by an after-tax charge attributable to Air Products of $2.3 billion for business and asset actions recorded during the fiscal 2025 second quarter Adjusted earnings per share ("EPS")* of $2.69; adjusted EBITDA* of $1.2 billion Q2 FY25 Announcements Appointed Eduardo F. Menezes Chief Executive Officer of Air Products and member of the Board of Directors, joining other Board members elected in January 2025; Wayne T.

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Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Air Products and Chemicals (APD), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2025.

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