How Do Analysts See Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) Performing In The Next 12 Months?
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Based on Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.'s (NYSE:APD) earnings update in March 2019, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, as a 17% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 8.5%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at US$1.5b, we should see this growing to US$1.7b by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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How is Air Products and Chemicals going to perform in the near future?
The longer term view from the 19 analysts covering APD is one of positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To understand the overall trajectory of APD's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
By 2022, APD's earnings should reach US$2.2b, from current levels of US$1.5b, resulting in an annual growth rate of 13%. EPS reaches $11.2 in the final year of forecast compared to the current $6.64 EPS today. Margins are currently sitting at 16%, which is expected to expand to 19% by 2022.
Next Steps:
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Valuation: What is Air Products and Chemicals worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether Air Products and Chemicals is currently mispriced by the market.
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