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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

The Company is a supplier of hydrogen and helium and has built positions in growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, home healthcare and advanced coatings and adhesives.

Current Price $90.40 Mkt Cap $19.27B
Open $89.91 P/E Ratio 15.50
Prev. Close $91.05 Div. (Yield) 2.32 (2.40%)
Daily Range $89.63 - $90.50 Volume 757,767
52-Wk Range $72.26 - $98.00 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top APD Bull/Bear Pitches

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gradelka1 (< 20)
Submitted December 03, 2008

Excellent company. Unbelievable implementation of SAP allows them to gain efficiencies compared to competitors. Incredible standardization leading to cost savings.

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lonewulf47638 (61.96)
Submitted November 07, 2008

Not good times for chemicals.

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Member Avatar pchop123 (70.20) Submitted: 1/25/2012 2:32:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $87.76 APD Score: +1.78

nice PE & Yield #'s

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Member Avatar GMoneyCaps (97.95) Submitted: 12/14/2011 8:36:17 PM : Outperform Start Price: $81.07 APD Score: +2.31

12/14

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Member Avatar joryko (98.79) Submitted: 12/7/2011 3:57:26 PM : Outperform Start Price: $66.88 APD Score: +10.02

Merrill Lynch target price of $100 and a respectable dividend. I'll continue to hold on long.

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Score Leader

gradelka1

gradelka1 (< 20) Score: +63.00

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in APD.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
gradelka1 < 20 12/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $39.60 +128.28% +65.29% +63.00 1 Comment
tdxmjl2929 < 20 12/4/2008 Outperform 5Y $41.31 +118.81% +60.27% +58.54 0 Comment
Zappoman < 20 12/5/2008 Outperform 1Y $40.83 +121.41% +63.71% +57.71 1 Comment
jnyrop < 20 11/26/2008 Outperform 5Y $42.48 +112.81% +56.04% +56.77 0 Comment
iimcm 66.02 12/26/2008 Outperform NS $42.21 +114.15% +57.91% +56.24 0 Comment
sbraun1 53.56 12/26/2008 Outperform 3Y $42.42 +113.09% +57.71% +55.37 0 Comment
cmgalligan 81.23 12/23/2008 Outperform 3Y $42.65 +111.94% +58.17% +53.77 0 Comment
mikechurch100 92.48 12/1/2008 Outperform 5Y $42.83 +111.08% +57.62% +53.46 0 Comment
TopDividendUltra 77.86 12/1/2008 Outperform NS $42.83 +111.08% +57.62% +53.46 0 Comment
TopDividendPayer 99.45 12/1/2008 Outperform NS $42.83 +111.08% +57.62% +53.46 1 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackZacks 71.09 1/10/2012 Outperform 3M $87.31 +0.31% +1.80% -1.50 1/24/2012 @ $87.58 1 Comment
TrackTiconderoga 58.76 10/24/2011 Outperform NS $82.10 +10.11% +8.21% +1.91 0 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.36 8/31/2011 Outperform NS $81.21 +11.32% +9.34% +1.97 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.09 4/20/2011 Outperform 3M $93.15 -13.85% -11.74% -2.11 8/9/2011 @ $80.25 1 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.44 2/18/2011 Outperform NS $92.33 -2.09% -0.14% -1.95 0 Comment
TrackArgus 90.28 4/26/2010 Outperform NS $76.62 +17.98% +10.27% +7.71 0 Comment
TrackChrisDavis 89.14 3/31/2010 Outperform NS $70.70 +27.87% +17.70% +10.17 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 3/19/2010 Underperform 3W $70.69 +27.89% +15.86% -12.03 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.56 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $67.56 +33.80% +19.49% +14.32 0 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 69.32 12/21/2009 Outperform 5Y $76.73 +17.81% +20.60% -2.79 1 Comment
TrackWMBlair 89.96 12/4/2009 Outperform NS $78.75 +14.79% +20.14% -5.35 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 7/28/2009 Outperform NS $72.72 +5.59% +21.66% -16.07 4/30/2010 @ $76.78 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 84.73 10/14/2008 Outperform NS $58.68 +54.04% +31.65% +22.39 0 Comment
TrackKeyBanc 98.88 9/24/2008 Outperform NS $66.29 +36.36% +15.50% +20.86 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 7/24/2008 Outperform NS $98.61 -45.24% -32.83% -12.41 1/29/2009 @ $54.00 0 Comment
TrackHeebner < 20 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $97.12 -51.05% -40.80% -10.25 11/25/2008 @ $47.54 1 Comment
TrackUBS 93.35 10/10/2007 Outperform NS $88.44 +2.22% -9.79% +12.01 0 Comment
TrackSoros 92.67 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $87.93 +2.80% -7.74% +10.54 1 Comment
TrackDodgeCox 94.03 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $87.93 +2.80% -7.74% +10.54 2 Comments
TrackCitigroup 93.21 2/23/2007 Outperform NS $75.81 -2.31% -18.29% +15.99 9/24/2008 @ $74.06 0 Comment
TrackMatrix 92.79 1/31/2007 Outperform NS $65.02 +39.04% -0.01% +39.05 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 92.69 1/8/2007 Outperform NS $61.71 +46.50% +1.29% +45.21 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 11/22/2006 Outperform NS $69.54 +44.20% +8.02% +36.18 12/11/2007 @ $100.28 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.44 10/27/2006 Outperform NS $64.24 +6.28% -23.24% +29.51 2/5/2010 @ $68.27 0 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 86.48 10/27/2006 Outperform NS $61.00 +48.20% +2.91% +45.29 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 7/12/2006 Outperform 3W $59.72 +24.64% -7.79% +32.43 3/19/2010 @ $74.44 0 Comment

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