APD PEER ANALYSIS

Air Products and Chemicals Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

APDAir Products and Chemicals Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

APDIndustry median

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

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	APD	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
P/E	33.23	29.57	—	33.72	16.76●	35.56	27.62
P/B	4.47	3.97	1.21●	3.34	2.13	1.81	1.81
EV/EBITDA	19.26	14.09	11.40	12.43	8.48●	9.29	12.43
P/S	5.62	3.86	1.80	2.02	1.05	0.55●	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	APD	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.43	1.14	1.59	2.52●	1.72	1.74	1.87
Debt/Equity	117.3%	51.9%	28.9%●	70.2%	125.2%	75.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.83	1.19●	1.51	1.42	1.94	2.31	2.15

Profitability
Metric	APD	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	16.9%●	13.1%	-8.0%	6.0%	6.3%	1.5%	3.5%
ROE	13.9%●	13.3%	-4.8%	9.6%	13.1%	5.0%	4.4%
ROA	5.2%	6.8%●	-3.1%	4.5%	4.1%	2.0%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	36.4%●	29.9%	18.2%	18.4%	16.0%	7.9%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	APD	AI	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.7%	-0.4%	-2.7%	24.4%●	-7.0%	-9.5%	1.2%
NI Growth	37.4%●	6.4%	—	-15.3%	32.7%	-56.9%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.3%	1.9%	3.0%	1.4%	3.3%	3.4%●	1.5%
Payout	75.6%	55.6%	-73.4%	41.7%	56.0%	132.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	APD	ECL	DD	SHW	PPG	IFF	Ind. Median
P/E	33.23	38.18	—	33.64	17.74●	25.68	27.62
P/B	4.47	8.04	4.11	19.74	3.47	1.53●	1.81
EV/EBITDA	19.26	25.13	34.54	22.59	12.03●	13.43	12.43
P/S	5.62	4.89	5.95	3.65	1.74●	2.00	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	APD	ECL	DD	SHW	PPG	IFF	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.43	0.99	2.68●	0.86	1.61	1.49	1.87
Debt/Equity	117.3%	92.6%	22.6%●	311.1%	95.4%	41.2%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.83	2.47	1.39●	3.03	2.15	2.63	2.15

Profitability
Metric	APD	ECL	DD	SHW	PPG	IFF	Ind. Median
Net Margin	16.9%●	12.8%	-0.3%	10.9%	9.8%	7.9%	3.5%
ROE	13.9%	22.3%	-0.2%	60.7%●	21.1%	6.2%	4.4%
ROA	5.2%	8.9%	-0.1%	10.2%●	7.3%	3.2%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	36.4%●	21.6%	18.0%	18.7%	17.6%	18.5%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	APD	ECL	DD	SHW	PPG	IFF	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	3.7%	4.9%	-20.4%	3.9%	10.0%●	-5.6%	1.2%
NI Growth	37.4%	0.1%	—	-3.0%	45.5%●	—	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.3%	1.0%	2.6%●	0.9%	2.3%	2.0%	1.5%
Payout	75.6%	36.9%	-1,748.3%	30.3%	39.9%	48.0%	9.1%

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