In a filing, Air Products & Chemicals Inc revealed its Sr. VP, Glob Helium & Rare Gas Nelson Walter L. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.18 million on Mar 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $308.50 per share,589 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Nelson Walter L. now holds 719 shares worth roughly $0.19 million.
Then, Nelson Walter L. bought 589 shares, generating $181,706 in total proceeds.
Before that, Lefevere Kurt sold 1,500 shares. Air Products & Chemicals Inc shares valued at $474,255 were divested by the President, Asia at a price of $316.17 per share. As a result of the transaction, Lefevere Kurt now holds 1,462 shares, worth roughly $0.39 million.
BofA Securities downgraded its Air Products & Chemicals Inc [APD] rating to an Underperform from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including JP Morgan’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early February from “an Overweight” to “a Neutral”. BMO Capital Markets also remained covering APD and has decreased its forecast on February 07, 2025 with a “Market perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Bernstein revised its rating on January 31, 2025. It rated APD as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of APD
On Tuesday, Air Products & Chemicals Inc [NYSE:APD] saw its stock jump 3.02% to $265.36. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.65%. Air Products & Chemicals Inc shares have fallen nearly -8.51% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 13.88% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $341.14 was reached on 02/04/25, a 52-week low of $228.81 was recorded on 04/08/25. SMA at 50 days reached $293.69, while 200 days put it at $296.90.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For APD Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 260.50, which if violated will result in even more drops to 255.64. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 268.80. A further resistance level may holdings at 272.25. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 41.86, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -4.88, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 58.07%. Stochastics %K at 35.08% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Air Products & Chemicals Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Air Products & Chemicals Inc stocks on 2025-03-31, dropping by -0.37 million shares to a total of 4.37 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 4.74 million shares. There was a decline of -8.41%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
