Air Products & Chemicals Inc (Symbol: APD) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ''DividendRank'' statistics including a strong 2.0% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria. Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company's products and services, as well as the company's efficiency in terms of its use of energy and resources. Social criteria include elements such as human rights, child labor, corporate diversity, and the company's impact on society — for instance, taken into consideration would be business activities tied to weapons, gambling, tobacco, and alcohol.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Air Products & Chemicals Inc is a member of the iShares USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA), making up 0.34% of the underlying holdings of the fund, which owns $12,450,878 worth of APD shares.
The annualized dividend paid by Air Products & Chemicals Inc is $6.48/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 01/02/2023. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for APD, which the DividendRank report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company's past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.
APD operates in the Specialty Chemicals sector, among companies like Linde plc (LIN), and Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW).
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