APD Stock Price History and Quote Analysis: Insights for Investors

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own APD shares is 2136, representing 89.27% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in APD by -61.93% restricting it's holding to 2.14 million shares of worth nearly $517.68M. MORGAN STANLEY also lessened -24.4% of the APD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 3.84 million shares of worth $930.16M. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO also shunned APD shares holding by -26.84% last quarter which brought its holding to 6.87 million shares worth $1.66B.

As per its latest 13F filing, RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES increased its stake in APD by 8.69% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 2.1 million shares having worth more than $508.63M. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA also added 270.42% more shares of APD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.2 million shares of worth $533.69M. FMR LLC also increased its APD shares holding by 94.97% which brought its holding to 2.47 million shares worth $598.31M.

The insider with the most stakes in APD is Ghasemi Seifi , Chairman, Pres. and CEO at the company. Additionally, APD stock is highly held by Sr. V.P. Human Resources MINELLA LYNN C and Sr. V.P. Jones Stephen J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.32% percent of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which APD insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KUTZ JEFFREY, MAJOR SEAN D, and SCHAEFFER MELISSA N..

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.32% of APD stock.

APD Chairman, Pres. and CEO, Ghasemi Seifi holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. APD shares owned by Ghasemi total nearly 670.67 thousand.

RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES is the largest institutional owner in APD which holds 2.1 million shares worth $508.63M or 0.94% of the total APD shares outstanding followed by BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ with ownership of 2.14 million shares representing 0.96% of the APD ownership. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA is the third largest stakeholder with 2.2 million shares or 0.99% of the ownership worth more than $533.69M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the APD is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of APD shares short is 3.29M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 222.31M shares of APD are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, APD has 221.32M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for APD is 3.08.