The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Air Products & Chemicals Inc shares valued at $181,706 were sold by Nelson Walter L. on Mar 05 ’25. At $308.50 per share, Nelson Walter L. sold 589 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 719 shares worth approximately $0.2 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Nelson Walter L. purchased 589 shares, netting a total of over 181,706 in proceeds.
Before that, Lefevere Kurt had sold 1,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $474,255, the President, Asia traded Air Products & Chemicals Inc shares for $316.17 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,500 shares, worth approximately $0.41 million.
Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of February 07, 2025, JP Morgan has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” for APD. Earlier on February 07, 2025, BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Market perform” for APD stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing APD Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Air Products & Chemicals Inc [NYSE: APD] rose 0.38% to $283.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $279.14, but it reached a high of $284.1 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.56%. Over the course of the year, Air Products & Chemicals Inc shares have dropped approximately -2.33%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 58.86 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Air Products & Chemicals Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Air Products & Chemicals Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by 93256.0 shares to 4.22 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 4.31 million shares. A decline of -2.21% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.22 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.22.
Which companies own the most shares of Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)?
In terms of Air Products & Chemicals Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 324 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.81% from the previous closing price of $282.21. Analysts anticipate Air Products & Chemicals Inc stock to reach 324 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 324. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Air Products & Chemicals Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On January 31, 2025, Bernstein assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $375.
