How to buy Air Products and Chemicals shares in the UK

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) is a publicly traded specialty chemicals business based in the US which employs around 21,850 staff. Air Products and Chemicals is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars.

How to buy shares in Air Products and Chemicals

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. APD in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $259.34

1 week (2025-11-26)	0.35%
1 month (2025-11-03)	2.42%
3 months (2025-09-03)	-10.64%
6 months (2025-06-03)	-3.83%
1 year (2024-12-03)	-18.22%
2 years (2023-12-03)	-3.94%
3 years (2022-12-03)	-12.53%
5 years (2020-12-03)	-3.12%

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Is Air Products and Chemicals under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Air Products and Chemicals P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Air Products and Chemicals PEG ratio
Air Products and Chemicals EBITDA

Air Products and Chemicals's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.6869. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Air Products and Chemicals's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Air Products and Chemicals's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Linde plc Ordinary Shares (LIN.US): 1.86
Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO.US): 1.20
Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold (FCX.US): 3.76

Air Products and Chemicals's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $4.4 billion (£3.3 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Air Products and Chemicals's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

Linde plc Ordinary Shares (LIN.US): USD$13.2 billion
Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO.US): USD$7.1 billion
Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold (FCX.US): USD$9.6 billion

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 2.82% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.83% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 58.62% of net profits

Air Products and Chemicals has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.82% of its share value annually.

Air Products and Chemicals has paid out, on average, around 58.62% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.83% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 2.83% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Air Products and Chemicals's case, that would currently equate to about 7.14 per share.

Air Products and Chemicals's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Air Products and Chemicals's most recent dividend payout was on 9 November 2025. To be eligible for the latest dividend you would need to have been a shareholder at 30 September 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Air Products and Chemicals's dividend yield is perhaps best considered in relation to those of similar companies.
- Linde plc Ordinary Shares (LIN.US): 1.44% (1.46% forward annual dividend yield)
- Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO.US): 2.13% (2.67% forward annual dividend yield)
- Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold (FCX.US): 1.42% (1.4% forward annual dividend yield)
Air Products and Chemicals's shares were split on a 1081:1000 basis on 2 October 2016. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1081 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Air Products and Chemicals shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 7.5% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Air Products and Chemicals shares which in turn could have impacted Air Products and Chemicals's share price.
It's as easy to sell Air Products and Chemicals as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Air Products and Chemicals shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Air Products and Chemicals shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
The easiest way to get hold of some Air Products and Chemicals shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Air Products and Chemicals shares.

Air Products and Chemicals financials

Revenue TTM	$12 billion
Gross profit TTM	$3.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	-1.26%
Return on equity TTM	-1.92%
Profit margin	-3.28%
Book value	$67.50
Market capitalisation	$58.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Air Products and Chemicals shares

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