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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers

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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.APD · chemicals
GradeTortoiseC/Don the C/D boundary of 331 graded peers; percentile 60.6, sampling error 2.7 points; lower is stronger
Rank189 of 331
ProfitabilityCpercentile 49.6
SolvencyDpercentile 67.0
Growth and financingCpercentile 44.5
Reliability0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size bandover $2.67B assetstotal assets $41.1B[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone activenot computable: distress
Inputs computable8 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through Nov 20, 2025323 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$278.342026-10-08; market equity $62.0B; iex feed
Price used in gradeNone
Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history
$250$300NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctC/DDC/DDC/D$278.38
ABCDE20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date.

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Letter setLetterPercentileBand
Jan 21, 2012nonen/aQ5
Mar 21, 2012C47.9Q5
Nov 21, 2012D71.2Q5
Aug 21, 2013C/D61.8Q5
Nov 21, 2013D62.9Q5
Dec 21, 2013E97.0Q5
Dec 21, 2014D/E82.0Q5
Mar 21, 2015D74.6Q5
Mar 21, 2016C/D57.8Q5
Apr 21, 2016C56.1Q5
Nov 21, 2016B/C38.8Q5
Apr 21, 2017B36.2Q5
May 21, 2017B/C37.3Q5
Jun 21, 2017B36.1Q5
Nov 21, 2017C53.7Q5
Nov 21, 2018nonen/aQ5
Dec 21, 2019B25.0Q5
Feb 21, 2021A/B22.6Q5
Apr 21, 2021B23.0Q5
May 21, 2021A/B22.4Q5
Jun 21, 2021B23.1Q5
Dec 21, 2022C52.7Q5
Aug 21, 2023C/D57.5Q5
Sep 21, 2023C56.5Q5
Nov 21, 2024D70.0Q5
Mar 21, 2025C/D62.6Q5
Nov 21, 2025D63.3Q5
Dec 21, 2025C/D62.6Q5
Jan 21, 2026D63.5Q5
Apr 21, 2026C/D60.5Q5

Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan.

Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Nov 20, 2025; the document on sec.gov.

The information required by this item relating to our Audit and Finance Committee and our Audit and Finance Committee Financial Expert is incorporated herein by reference to the sections captioned “Board Structure–Standing Committees of the Board” in the Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The information required by this item relating to our procedures regarding the consideration of candidates recommended by shareholders and a procedure for submission of such candidates is incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “The Board of Directors–Selection of Directors” in the Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Fourteen Inputs [top]

Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.

InputPercentile, 0 to 100ValueSourcePeer medianPercentilePeersPeriod end
Profitability, sleeve percentile 49.6
Gross profitability9.2%[1-3]21.3%82.13592025-09-30
Return on invested capitalnot computable9.5%
latest aligned inputs end 2022-09-30; latest annual assets end 2025-09-30
Accruals ratio(9.1%)[1,4-6](4.2%)23.84002025-09-30
Gross margin stability, five years2.0 pts[2-3,7-14]2.2 pts43.03012025-09-30
Solvency, sleeve percentile 67.0
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.05%
latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required
Altman Z double-prime2.17[1,15-20]3.4157.03012025-09-30
Net debt to EBITDAnot computable1.88x
latest aligned inputs end 2022-09-30; latest annual assets end 2025-09-30
Interest coveragenot computable4.16x
latest aligned inputs end 2023-09-30; latest annual assets end 2025-09-30
Current ratio1.38x[15-16]2.20x77.04232025-09-30
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 44.5
Revenue growth, three-year compound(1.8%)[2,7,9,11]1.2%62.83502025-09-30
Free cash flow growth, three-year compoundnot computable12.6%
current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000
Reinvestment ratenot computable24.3%
NOPAT must exceed $100,000
Asset growth, three years14.7%[1,6,21-22]2.9%16.33692025-09-30
Net share issuance, one year0.10%[23-24]0.0%54.43212025-10-31

Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.

Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.

Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.

Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.

Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.

Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.

Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.083; sampling error 2.7 percentile points on 331 peers.

Among 331 Peers [top]

ABCDELRCX, LAM Research Corp.; A, percentile 8.3; market equity $401.2B; warnings: fortress balance sheetLRCXCAT, Caterpillar Inc.; C, percentile 51.2; market equity $366.0BCATLIN, Linde plc; C, percentile 52.7; market equity $222.1BLINPG, Procter & Gamble Co.; C, percentile 54.5; market equity $350.0BPGETN, Eaton Corp. plc; D, percentile 69.7; market equity $164.9BETNRTX, RTX Corp.; D, percentile 74.8; market equity $248.4BRTXAPD 60.6strongerweaker

Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.

RankCompanyPercentileLetterWarnings
184Ingersoll Rand Inc. (IR)

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (IR)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 58.7

NYSE · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment

market equity $30.3B; last close $78.00

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

58.7C/D
185FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL)

FreightCar America, Inc. (RAIL)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 59.1

Nasdaq · Railroad Equipment

market equity $202.3M; last close $6.17

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

59.1C/D
186Nucor Corp. (NUE)

Nucor Corp. (NUE)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 59.4

NYSE · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)

market equity $55.8B; last close $245.91

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

59.4C/D
187Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT)

Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 59.8

NYSE · Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts

market equity $117.2B; last close $507.94

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

59.8C/D
188Corning Inc. (GLW)

Corning Inc. (GLW)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 60.2

NYSE · Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire

market equity $131.6B; last close $152.84

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

60.2C/D
189Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 60.6

NYSE · Industrial Inorganic Chemicals

market equity $62.0B; last close $278.34

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

60.6C/D
190DMC Global Inc. (BOOM)

DMC Global Inc. (BOOM)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 60.6

Nasdaq · Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products

market equity $118.7M; last close $5.79

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

60.6C/D
191DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD)

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 60.9

NYSE · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers

market equity $17.9B; last close $132.36

No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs

60.9C/D
192Sonoco Products Co. (SON)

Sonoco Products Co. (SON)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 61.0

NYSE · Paperboard Containers & Boxes

market equity $4.8B; last close $48.42

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

61.0C/D
193Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (LCUT)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 61.4

Nasdaq · Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware

market equity $213.8M; last close $9.30

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

61.4C/D
194Enpro Inc. (NPO)

Enpro Inc. (NPO)

C/Don the C/D boundary; percentile 61.8

NYSE · Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose

market equity $6.5B; last close $308.01

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

61.8C/D
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesC53.72204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)C/D60.6331
same exchange, equal sleevesC55.2984
sector peers, equal inputsC55.8331

Each letter is one fifth of the 331 graded peers, about 66 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.

What the Price Implies [top]

Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.

MeasureValuePeer medianPercentileReading
Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month16.5%13.8%52hotter than 52 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(11.4%)(24.2%)82closer to its high than 82 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise value(1.3%)3.9%21pricier than 79 of 100 peers
Free cash flow yield(6.1%)3.2%15pricier than 85 of 100 peers
Book value to price0.220.3928pricier than 72 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.190.5714pricier than 86 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years(13.4%)(9.9%)37more equity-funded than 37 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return(0.02)(0.02)50ahead of 50 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $62.0B; EBIT -$877.0M; free cash flow -$3.8B; book equity $13.9B; sales $12.0B; debt $8.3B; cash $980.5M[25].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-09-30
Return on assets above zero(1.0%)✗ fail[4,6]
Operating cash flow above zero$3.3B✓ pass[5]
Return on assets improved(13.0 pts)✗ fail[4,6,21,26]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income$3.7B✓ pass[4-5]
Long-term leverage felln/a[1,6,21]
Current ratio improved(14.1 pts)✗ fail[15-16,27-28]
No new shares issued0.1%✗ fail[23-24]
Gross margin improved(1.1 pts)✗ fail[2-3,7-8]
Asset turnover improved(7.4 pts)✗ fail[2,6-7,21]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$980.5M[29]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$4.6B[5,29-33]
Months of runwaynot finite
trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite
Late filings, two years0
NT 10-K or NT 10-Q
Days since last periodic filing71
10-Q received Jul 30, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$294.9M
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input323

Downloads [top]

Sources [top]

Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.

#ConceptXBRL tagValuePeriod endReceivedFormLinks
1assetsus-gaap:Assets$41.1B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:Revenues$12.0B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
3cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$8.3B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
4net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss-$394.5M2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
5operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations$3.3B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
6assetsus-gaap:Assets$39.6B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
7revenueus-gaap:Revenues$12.1B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
8cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$8.2B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
9revenueus-gaap:Revenues$12.6B2023-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
10cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$8.8B2023-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
11revenueus-gaap:Revenues$12.7B2022-09-302024-11-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
12cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$9.3B2022-09-302024-11-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
13revenueus-gaap:Revenues$10.3B2021-09-302023-11-1610-Kfiling · viewer · series
14cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$7.2B2021-09-302023-11-1610-Kfiling · viewer · series
15current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$5.8B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
16current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$4.2B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
17retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit$17.6B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
18operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss-$877.0M2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
19book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$15.0B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
20liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$23.7B2025-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
21assetsus-gaap:Assets$32.0B2023-09-302024-11-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
22assetsus-gaap:Assets$27.2B2022-09-302023-11-1610-Kfiling · viewer · series
23shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding222,590,2412025-10-312025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
24shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding222,378,9092024-10-312024-11-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
25shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding222,685,5302026-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
26net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$3.8B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
27current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$6.4B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
28current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$4.2B2024-09-302025-11-2010-Kfiling · viewer · series
29cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$980.5M2026-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
30operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$3.3B2026-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
31operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$2.0B2026-03-312026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
32operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$900.7M2025-12-312026-01-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
33operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$2.0B2025-06-302026-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 60.6 is 0.6 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.7 points.

Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.

Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.

Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.

Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.

Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.