AI PEER ANALYSIS

Air Liquide SA — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

AIAir Liquide SA

🇫🇷 France · PA · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile
ValuationProfitabilityGrowthFinancial HealthDividend
AIIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year
Split-adjusted
AI+15.1%SHW+0.9%ECL+4.8%APD+10.4%DD+56.8%LIN+16.1%
Year-to-Date (YTD)
AI+26.4%SHW+9.3%ECL+8.2%APD+28.9%DD+16.9%LIN+29.0%

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better
AI29.57SHW33.64ECL38.18APD33.23DDLIN35.78Median 27.62

ROE

Higher is better
AI13.3%SHW60.7%ECL22.3%APD13.9%DD-0.2%LIN18.6%Median 4.4%

Net Margin

Higher is better
AI13.1%SHW10.9%ECL12.8%APD16.9%DD-0.3%LIN20.6%Median 3.5%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
AI-0.4%SHW3.9%ECL4.9%APD3.7%DD-20.4%LIN5.0%Median 1.2%

All Metrics

Valuation
MetricAISHWECLAPDDDLINInd. Median
P/E29.5733.6438.1833.2335.7827.62
P/B3.9719.748.044.474.116.611.81
EV/EBITDA14.0922.5925.1319.2634.5420.9112.43
P/S3.863.654.895.625.957.361.70
Financial Health
MetricAISHWECLAPDDDLINInd. Median
Current Ratio1.140.860.991.432.680.831.87
Debt/Equity51.9%311.1%92.6%117.3%22.6%68.2%63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA1.193.032.473.831.391.692.15
Profitability
MetricAISHWECLAPDDDLINInd. Median
Net Margin13.1%10.9%12.8%16.9%-0.3%20.6%3.5%
ROE13.3%60.7%22.3%13.9%-0.2%18.6%4.4%
ROA6.8%10.2%8.9%5.2%-0.1%8.4%2.0%
EBITDA Margin29.9%18.7%21.6%36.4%18.0%38.3%14.7%
Growth + Dividend
MetricAISHWECLAPDDDLINInd. Median
Rev. Growth-0.4%3.9%4.9%3.7%-20.4%5.0%1.2%
NI Growth6.4%-3.0%0.1%37.4%7.8%-4.8%
Div. Yield2.0%0.9%1.0%2.6%2.7%1.2%1.4%
Payout55.6%30.3%36.9%75.6%-1,748.3%39.9%9.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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