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Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:APD)

This company has been moved to the archive! The financial data has not been updated since August 9, 2021.

Income Statement
Quarterly Data

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Air Products & Chemicals Inc., consolidated income statement (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 Dec 31, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Jun 30, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 Dec 31, 2014
Sales 2,604,700 2,502,000 2,375,200 2,320,100 2,065,200 2,216,300 2,254,700 2,283,200 2,224,000 2,187,700 2,224,000 2,298,900 2,259,000 2,155,700 2,216,600 2,203,100 2,121,900 1,980,100 1,882,500 2,463,000 2,434,400 2,271,200 2,355,800 2,449,400 2,470,200 2,414,500 2,560,800
Cost of sales (1,801,900) (1,745,500) (1,632,400) (1,566,500) (1,344,900) (1,460,100) (1,486,600) (1,490,800) (1,466,000) (1,474,700) (1,544,000) (1,565,800) (1,545,400) (1,506,500) (1,571,800) (1,545,300) (1,486,200) (1,403,800) (1,318,100) (1,648,700) (1,639,300) (1,519,000) (1,595,700) (1,697,100) (1,716,400) (1,699,600) (1,831,000)
Facility closure — (23,200) — — — — — — — — (29,000) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Gross profit 802,800 733,300 742,800 753,600 720,300 756,200 768,100 792,400 758,000 713,000 651,000 733,100 713,600 649,200 644,800 657,800 635,700 576,300 564,400 814,300 795,100 752,200 760,100 752,300 753,800 714,900 729,800
Selling and administrative (213,300) (210,300) (202,700) (195,600) (176,900) (201,700) (201,700) (181,900) (188,500) (190,000) (189,600) (186,000) (188,600) (194,600) (191,600) (187,500) (184,500) (177,900) (165,700) (218,800) (212,000) (207,100) (211,400) (200,400) (242,200) (240,900) (258,200)
Research and development (23,200) (21,100) (23,500) (27,100) (19,900) (19,200) (17,700) (22,900) (18,100) (16,900) (15,000) (20,400) (15,000) (14,500) (14,600) (13,300) (14,600) (14,800) (15,100) (33,200) (34,100) (32,700) (32,000) (33,300) (33,800) (36,300) (35,400)
Business separation costs — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (30,200) (23,300) (9,500) (7,400) (12,000) (7,500) — — —
Cost reduction actions — — — — — — — — (25,500) — — — — — — (48,400) (42,700) (10,300) (50,000) (11,100) (14,200) (8,600) — (61,700) (58,200) (55,400) (32,400)
Pension settlement loss — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (900) (5,500) (4,100) — (2,800) (1,000) (2,600) — (7,000) (1,600) (12,600) —
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment charge — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (162,100) — — — — — — — — — —
Gain on exchange with joint venture partner — 36,800 — — — — — — 29,100 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 17,900
Company headquarters relocation income — — — — — 33,800 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other income (expense), net 10,800 9,800 22,500 29,300 15,700 8,100 12,300 15,600 14,700 10,400 8,600 7,000 5,800 15,300 22,100 48,000 26,300 22,000 24,700 21,900 10,800 19,500 5,900 29,800 4,500 4,700 8,300
Operating income 577,100 548,500 539,100 560,200 539,200 577,200 561,000 603,200 569,700 516,500 455,000 533,700 515,800 455,400 460,700 455,700 252,600 391,200 328,100 547,000 535,100 513,300 510,600 472,200 422,500 374,400 430,000
Equity affiliates’ income (loss) 63,200 69,800 69,300 67,200 51,200 88,200 58,200 59,900 56,400 46,200 52,900 59,200 58,100 43,700 13,800 44,800 (36,900) 34,200 38,000 40,000 42,400 32,500 33,700 36,000 42,400 33,000 43,100
Interest expense (35,600) (36,100) (36,700) (39,200) (32,100) (19,300) (18,700) (30,100) (34,200) (35,400) (37,300) (35,400) (34,900) (30,400) (29,800) (30,800) (29,800) (30,500) (29,500) (32,600) (35,000) (25,700) (22,200) (22,800) (28,200) (23,400) (29,100)
Other non-operating income (expense), net 21,100 16,800 18,600 6,400 8,100 7,100 9,100 16,900 17,600 13,700 18,500 (28,600) 12,800 11,100 9,800 9,500 9,800 9,700 — — — — — — — — —
Loss on extinguishment of debt — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (6,900) — — — (16,600) — — —
Income from continuing operations before taxes 625,800 599,000 590,300 594,600 566,400 653,200 609,600 649,900 609,500 541,000 489,100 528,900 551,800 479,800 454,500 479,200 195,700 404,600 336,600 547,500 542,500 520,100 522,100 468,800 436,700 384,000 444,000
Income tax provision (101,700) (121,900) (113,900) (99,900) (109,300) (148,500) (120,700) (131,200) (109,300) (107,500) (132,100) (69,200) (107,100) (56,200) (291,800) 1,300 (89,300) (94,500) (78,400) (138,600) (179,500) (132,500) (135,900) (118,800) (103,500) (87,100) (106,500)
Income from continuing operations 524,100 477,100 476,400 494,700 457,100 504,700 488,900 518,700 500,200 433,500 357,000 459,700 444,700 423,600 162,700 480,500 106,400 310,100 258,200 408,900 363,000 387,600 386,200 350,000 333,200 296,900 337,500
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax 8,200 — 10,300 — — (14,300) — — — — — — 43,200 — (1,000) (5,500) (2,300) 1,825,600 48,200 (8,000) (8,900) (853,100) (14,200) — — — —
Net income (loss) 532,300 477,100 486,700 494,700 457,100 490,400 488,900 518,700 500,200 433,500 357,000 459,700 487,900 423,600 161,700 475,000 104,100 2,135,700 306,400 400,900 354,100 (465,500) 372,000 350,000 333,200 296,900 337,500
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests 1,300 (4,000) (4,700) (7,900) (10,600) (12,600) (13,300) (15,500) (12,200) (12,200) (9,500) (6,800) (14,000) (7,200) (7,100) (6,300) (2,200) (5,700) (6,600) (6,900) (7,300) (7,800) (8,400) (5,500) (14,400) (6,900) (12,900)
Net income (loss) attributable to Air Products 533,600 473,100 482,000 486,800 446,500 477,800 475,600 503,200 488,000 421,300 347,500 452,900 473,900 416,400 154,600 468,700 101,900 2,130,000 299,800 394,000 346,800 (473,300) 363,600 344,500 318,800 290,000 324,600

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-12-31).


The financial performance from December 2014 through June 2021 is characterized by a period of revenue volatility followed by a steady recovery and growth phase. Sales experienced a notable decline starting in late 2016, reaching a low of approximately 1.88 billion USD in December 2016, before trending upward to peak at 2.60 billion USD by June 2021. Despite these fluctuations in top-line revenue, gross profit remained relatively resilient, generally fluctuating between 600 million USD and 800 million USD, indicating a level of stability in core production costs relative to sales volume.

Operating Expense Trends
Selling and administrative expenses exhibited a downward shift from the 240-260 million USD range in 2014-2015 to a more stabilized range of 180-210 million USD from 2017 onwards. Research and development spending also saw a reduction, dropping from approximately 35 million USD per quarter in 2014 to a low of around 13-15 million USD in 2017, before gradually increasing back to 23 million USD by mid-2021. The operating profile was periodically impacted by non-recurring charges, including business separation costs between 2015 and 2016 and a significant impairment charge of 162 million USD in June 2017.
Operating Income Stability
Operating income demonstrated an overall upward trajectory over the long term. While a dip occurred in late 2016, coinciding with the revenue decline, operating income recovered and maintained a consistent range between 530 million USD and 600 million USD from 2019 through June 2021. This suggests improved operational efficiency and better management of fixed costs over time.
Net Income Volatility and Continuing Operations
A sharp divergence is observed between net income and income from continuing operations. Net income was subject to extreme volatility due to discontinued operations, most notably a loss of 853 million USD in March 2016 and a substantial gain of 1.83 billion USD in March 2017. However, income from continuing operations provides a more accurate reflection of the core business trend, showing steady growth from 337 million USD in December 2014 to 524 million USD in June 2021.
Non-Operating and Affiliate Performance
Income from equity affiliates showed a positive trend, growing from an average of 30-40 million USD per quarter in 2014-2016 to consistently exceeding 60 million USD per quarter by 2020 and 2021. Interest expenses remained relatively stable, though there was a slight increase in the latter half of the period, moving from approximately 25-30 million USD to the 35-39 million USD range.

Overall, the data indicates a transition from a period of restructuring and volatility between 2015 and 2017 toward a period of sustained operational growth and margin stability. The core business exhibits a strengthening trend in both revenue and continuing operating income, while the impact of non-recurring items and discontinued operations has diminished in recent quarters.

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