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Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Air Products and Chemicals Inc

APD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Air Products makes industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen, and builds the equipment that separates and liquefies them. It supplies refining, chemical, metals, electronics, energy, medical and food industries across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The company is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and has operated since 1940.
Where it sits in the stack
Air Products holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; the diary places it in the Basic Materials sector, within the specialty and industrial-gases sleeve of our wider universe. Its gases and separation plants serve industrial customers rather than the compute stack the diary tracks elsewhere.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no defined peer group for APD from our data; the comparison the market draws is with Linde, the other major producer of industrial gases.
Why Closelook tracks it
Air Products carries a seat in the S&P 500 but none in Rubin, and no Closelook score has yet been assigned to the name; the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the stock's recent move away from its 50-day average continues, and whether further analyst notes follow its initiation at Sector Weight.

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for APD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: initiation by KeyBanc, 2026-09-10

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for APD from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Sector Weight Initiated to Sector Weight 2026-09-10

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against APD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.53%, quarterly · last 1.81 USD on 2026-07-01

Dividends and capital return

What APD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 7.20 USD per share · a 2.53% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +1.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 7.12 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.81 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 3.50 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.31 USD · 2025: 7.14 USD · 2026: 5.41 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-29

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD)?

Air Products and Chemicals Inc trades as APD on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is APD in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Air Products and Chemicals Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does APD trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5% vs the 50-day and +0.4% vs the 200-day average, 9.7% below the 52-week high and +25.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Air Products and Chemicals Inc do?

Air Products makes industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen, and builds the equipment that separates and liquefies them. It supplies refining, chemical, metals, electronics, energy, medical and food industries across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The company is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and has operated since 1940. The diary has no defined peer group for APD from our data; the comparison the market draws is with Linde, the other major producer of industrial gases.

Where does Air Products and Chemicals Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Air Products holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; the diary places it in the Basic Materials sector, within the specialty and industrial-gases sleeve of our wider universe. Its gases and separation plants serve industrial customers rather than the compute stack the diary tracks elsewhere. Air Products carries a seat in the S&P 500 but none in Rubin, and no Closelook score has yet been assigned to the name; the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.

Does Air Products and Chemicals Inc pay a dividend?

Air Products and Chemicals Inc has paid 7.20 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.53% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.81 USD on 2026-07-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Air Products and Chemicals Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Air Products and Chemicals Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by KeyBanc on 2026-09-10 (at Sector Weight). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for APD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.