Air Products and Chemicals (APD)

79.94 -0.51  -0.63%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Air Products and Chemicals Beta: 1.134

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APD Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.6495 Sep 2007
Maximum 1.232 Apr 2009
Average 1.047

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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APD News

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about 8 days ago by DividendYield
Air Products Declares Quarterly Dividend
May 17, 3:23PM PR Newswire
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about 12 days ago by Dividendinvestor
The Better Buy In Chemicals
May 11, 4:00PM Fool
Buffett Musings
May 08, 12:39PM
[$$] Airgas Names New CEO
May 03, 4:50PM
$APD hydrogen pipeline news hours ago. I own $FCEL waiting for news between the two companies. http://stks.co/3dIC
about 25 days ago by Quaker
Air Products (APD) Announces Management Changes
Apr 30, 4:29PM Street Insider
Air Products Announces Executive Changes
Apr 30, 4:26PM PR Newswire
Skydive after earnings report, but forming a Marshmallow on-a-stick at the 200d. $APD http://chart.ly/2ibstk7
about 33 days ago by 1nvestor
Listen to $APD Q2 2012 earnings call - live at 10:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3Tpy
about 33 days ago by earningscast
$APD 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (85.8264). Confirmed by volume.
about 33 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$APD Tues AM eps- estimates $1.35
about 34 days ago by MinervasMomma
$APD reports earnings 4/24. Then more may be said about $FCEL building the Hydrogen Highway infrastructure with Air Products.
about 34 days ago by Quaker
@OptionsHawk which would be your preferred play on the strength of the coatings markets $EMN $APD $ASH. Also any thoughts on $KRO (paints)
about 38 days ago by sld1986
7 Stocks Increasing Dividends in March 2012 http://stks.co/3FGP $APD $CLF $JPM $O $STT $USB $XLNX
about 52 days ago by myplaniq
EBR: Watchlist/worksheet/3 Trading Ideas: $APD $HMSY $MTG http://stks.co/3COd
about 54 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
$APD http://stks.co/3By0 Breaking range after long base/consol was built. Could be $100 magnet next.
about 55 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
7 Stocks Increasing Dividends in March 2012 http://stks.co/3A84 $JPM $CLF $APD $O $STT $USB $XLNX
about 58 days ago by myplaniq
9 Dividends to Trust, 5 to Buy Now - $MMM, $AFL, $APD, $ADP, $XOM - via Foolish Blogging Network: http://stks.co/37gC
about 60 days ago by FoolishMikee
$APD http://stks.co/36D1 Looks ready to catch some Air!
about 61 days ago by gtlackey
Air Products $APD and Fuel Cell Energy, $FCEL I own, hydrogen fueling stations may be perfect use of new cash. 30 DMA http://stks.co/32aT
about 65 days ago by Quaker
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about 70 days ago by DividendYield
Pulling back to the launching pad with plenty of fuel me thinks. $APD http://chart.ly/645ao4a
about 73 days ago by gtlackey
Air Products Raises Dividend for 30th Consecutive Year: http://stks.co/2t5Y $APD
about 73 days ago by DynamicDividend
$APD Increases Quarterly Dividend from $0.58 to $0.64
about 73 days ago by Benzinga
Fuel Cell Energy $FCEL http://stks.co/2qdG and Air Products $APD news. I own FCEL http://stks.co/2qdH
about 74 days ago by Quaker
Still looks primed to me, fought off a bear attack nicely this week. $APD http://chart.ly/jy68ddt
about 84 days ago by gtlackey
RT @DynamicDividend These Companies Will Raise Their Dividends in March: http://stks.co/2d1G $WMT $GD $WGL $PNY $APD $RAVN
about 87 days ago by StockTwits
These Companies Will Raise Their Dividends in March: http://stks.co/2d1B $WMT $GD $WGL $PNY $APD $RAVN
about 87 days ago by DynamicDividend

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