NYSE$APD

Air Products & Chemicals Inc · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Air Products reported a decrease in GAAP EPS and adjusted EPS amidst COVID-19 challenges.

Air Products reported a slight decrease in GAAP EPS and adjusted EPS, impacted by COVID-19, but maintained strong adjusted EBITDA margins and increased its quarterly dividend.

  • Operated over 750 facilities safely, supplying customers and executing projects despite COVID-19.
  • Increased quarterly dividend by 12 percent, marking the 39th consecutive year of dividend increases.
  • Announced agreement for LNG technology supply to Energia Costa Azul LNG export terminal project in Mexico.
  • Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the 11th consecutive year.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.38B

Previous: $2.25B+5.3%
EPS (adj)

$2.12

Previous: $2.14-0.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$664M

Previous: -$448M-48.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$182M

Previous: $27.9M-753.0%
Net Income

$482M

Previous: $476M+1.3%
Operating Income

$539M

Previous: $561M-3.9%
Gross Profit

$743M

Previous: $768M-3.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$5.79B

Previous: $2.41B+140.6%
Total Assets

$26.1B

Previous: $19.7B+32.8%
Stock-Based Comp

$9.8M

Previous: $13.9M-29.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Air Products · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.38B

Q1 2021+5.3%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 11 of 16 quarters(69%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Air Products · $2.27B total across 4 segments · Q1 2021

  • Americas
    $933M-0.3%
  • Asia
    $718M+3.6%
  • Europe
    $563M+12.9%
  • Corporate and other
    $57.2M+66.3%

Forward guidance

Air Products is confident in its profitable growth strategy, providing innovative solutions for energy and environmental challenges, and sees great opportunities in gasification, carbon capture, and hydrogen for mobility.

Tailwinds

  • Executing growth strategy focused on industrial gas projects.
  • Addressing significant energy and environmental challenges.
  • Meeting customers' and countries' drive for cleaner and more sustainable solutions.
  • Developing and investing in strategic opportunities.
  • Strong portfolio to drive growth for decades to come.

Headwinds

  • Continued, broad economic uncertainty in most of the world.
  • Lower demand from COVID-19.
  • Reduced contribution from the Lu'An gasification project in Asia.
  • Lower volumes in Industrial Gases - Americas due to COVID-19.
  • Operating income decrease in Industrial Gases - Asia primarily due to Lu'An.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021

Historical avgQ1 2021

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.9%

Avg return

30 days after

45%

33 / 73 earnings

Positive

+12.6%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-15.5%

Q1 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026-0.1%+0.5%-8.0%
Q1 2026+6.6%+11.9%+7.7%
Q4 2025+8.9%+10.4%+9.7%
Q3 2025-0.8%+0.8%+1.4%
Q2 2025+0.4%-1.3%+2.9%
Q1 2025-1.5%-7.1%-5.0%
Q4 2024+2.0%+1.4%+4.4%
Q3 2024+6.8%+5.6%+5.7%
Q2 2024-0.3%+3.3%+9.4%
Q1 2024-15.5%-14.8%-5.8%
Q4 2023-10.8%-8.9%-10.1%
Q3 2023-5.0%-5.3%-0.4%
Q2 2023-4.9%-5.9%-4.1%
Q1 2023-10.4%-10.4%-7.3%
Q4 2022+12.6%+15.4%+29.9%
Q3 2022+6.9%+5.3%+0.3%
Q2 2022-4.7%-6.8%+1.9%
Q1 2022-9.4%-7.7%-18.7%
Q4 2021+2.4%+3.9%-4.5%
Q3 2021-4.5%-3.8%-7.9%
Q2 2021+3.5%+3.6%+2.3%
Q1 2021-8.5%-8.0%-4.6%
Q4 2020-14.4%-14.0%-13.7%
Q3 2020-1.4%-2.1%-3.1%
Q2 2020+1.1%+4.3%+9.3%
Q1 2020-1.6%-0.0%+7.5%
Q4 2019+6.9%+8.3%+6.0%
Q3 2019+2.5%+3.1%-1.9%
Q2 2019+1.5%+3.5%+4.0%
Q1 2019+2.2%+4.8%+15.1%
Q4 2018+2.3%+1.6%+2.5%
Q3 2018+2.5%+4.4%+5.5%
Q2 2018-0.3%-1.9%-0.3%
Q1 2018-4.2%-3.2%-5.6%
Q4 2017+4.1%+3.1%+4.5%
Q3 2017+4.2%+3.6%+2.3%
Q2 2017-0.8%+1.4%+1.6%
Q1 2017-5.3%-6.8%-5.3%
Q4 2016+0.6%-0.5%+6.4%
Q3 2016+0.3%-0.5%+3.5%
Q2 2016-1.6%
Q1 2016+10.3%
Q4 2015-2.2%
Q3 2015+6.2%
Q2 2015-3.5%
Q1 2015+4.9%
Q4 2014+4.5%
Q3 2014+3.7%
Q2 2014-0.6%
Q1 2014-0.2%
Q4 2013-2.1%
Q3 2013+2.7%
Q2 2013-0.6%
Q1 2013-1.3%
Q4 2012-7.5%
Q3 2012-0.8%
Q2 2012-3.7%
Q1 2012-2.4%
Q4 2011-3.0%
Q3 2011-2.1%
Q2 2011+0.8%
Q1 2011-0.5%
Q4 2010+1.2%
Q3 2010+0.4%
Q2 2010-2.3%
Q1 2009-1.7%
Q1 2010+1.1%
Q2 2009-0.6%
Q4 2007-0.6%
Q4 2009-0.6%
Q3 2008+2.3%
Q4 2008+2.3%
Q3 2009+2.3%

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