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How Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. stacks up
APD · against 29 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
14/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #30 of 30 · scores higher than 0% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score1 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including APD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 14?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -0.1% vs peer median 3.6%
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 66% of peers. EBITDA yield: 1.1% vs peer median 8.5%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -0.4% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = APD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | APD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 30 reported | -0.1% | 3.9% | 0% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 31 reported | 5.2% | 8.4% | 30% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 22 reported | -0.4% | 2.4% | 10% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 30 reported | 19.9% | 25.9% | 21% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around APD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 85.5B CAD (≈$62.4B) | 90 | 85 | |
| 2 | 725.9B HKD (≈$92.9B) | 87 | 71 | |
| 3 | 41.2B USD | 84 | 88 | |
| 4 | 46.7B USD | 83 | 53 | |
| 5 | 113.2B USD | 82 | 86 | |
| 25 | 3.44T INR (≈$41.3B) | 33 | 62 | |
| 27 | 53.3B USD | 31 | 79 | |
| 28 | 36.5B CHF (≈$41.9B) | 29 | 44 | |
| 29 | 2.15T TWD (≈$66.6B) | 21 | 36 | |
| 30 | 69.7B USD | 14 | 19 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score