Air Products and Chemicals (APD): New Sell Recommendation for This Basic Materials Giant

Bank of America Securities analyst Salvator Tiano maintained a Sell rating on Air Products and Chemicals yesterday and set a price target of $275.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $260.86.

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Tiano covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as International Flavors & Fragrances, RPM International, and Sherwin-Williams Company. According to TipRanks, Tiano has an average return of -8.1% and a 48.44% success rate on recommended stocks.

Air Products and Chemicals has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $325.38.

Based on Air Products and Chemicals’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.02 billion and a net profit of $713.8 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $2.99 billion and had a net profit of $696.6 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of APD in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in August 2025, Victoria Brifo, the Exec VP, Chief HR Officer of APD sold 1,359.00 shares for a total of $397,344.42.