Air Products & Chem. Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  295.49
 Dividend  7.00
 Earnings  10.33
 Cash-flow  14.56
 Book value  59.10
 Equity  60.06

Air Products & Chem. is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Air Products & Chem. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Air Products & Chem. stock dividend

Air Products & Chem. paid a total dividend of 1,554 million USD last year, for a market value of 65,599 millions (Market Cap 65,442 millions). Air Products & Chem. dividend per share is 7.00 USD, and his stock market price 295.49 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Air Products & Chem. has a dividend yield of 2.37%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Air Products & Chem. stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Air Products & Chem.

Air Products & Chem. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Air Products & Chem. to maintain his current dividend of USD 7.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.37%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Air Products & Chem. payout on ernings is currently 67.76%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Air Products & Chem. can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Air Products & Chem. is USD 14.56 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 7.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Air Products & Chem., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Air Products & Chem. payout

Air Products & Chem. Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Air Products & Chem.'s dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present2.37%7.0067.76%222
20222.10%6.4762.57%222
20211.97%5.9962.01%221
20201.96%5.3661.61%221
20191.97%4.6357.16%220
20182.75%4.4054.73%219
20172.32%3.8166.84%218
20162.38%3.44112.05%217
20152.37%3.2452.77%214

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Air Products & Chem. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Air Products & Chem. stock dividend history

Air Products & Chem. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Air Products & Chem. showed a return of -3.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 17.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.

Air Products & Chem. stock and market return