secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
CIK:        0000002969
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000002969-24-000050
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Air Products Q4 GAAP EPS $8.81 (+186% YoY), adj. EPS $3.56; FY2024 adj. EPS $12.43, up 8%
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- Q4 GAAP EPS $8.81, up 186%; adjusted EPS $3.56, up 13%; net income $2.0B, margin 61.2%.
- FY2024 GAAP EPS $17.24, up 67%; adjusted EPS $12.43, up 8%; adjusted EBITDA margin 41.7%.
- Completed LNG business divestiture to Honeywell for $1.81B cash; excluded from FY2025 guidance.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $1.77/share; ~$1.6B returned to shareholders in FY2024.
- FY2025 adjusted EPS guidance $12.70-$13.00; Q1 guidance $2.75-$2.85; capex $4.5-$5.0B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000000296924000050/0000002969-24-000050-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2969/000000296924000050/apd-20241107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000002969-24-000050

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