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Airgas Inc (ARG) Basic Materials, Chemical Manufacturing
Airgas, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods in the United States. The company's gas products include nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium, and hydrogen; welding and fuel gases, such as acetylene, propylene, and propane; and carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ultra high purity grades, special application blends, and process chemicals. Its hardgood products comprise welding consumables and equipment, and safety products, as well as maintenance, repair, and operating supplies. The company also engages in the rental of gas cylinders, cryogenic liquid containers, bulk storage tanks, tube trailers, and welding and welding related equipment. In addition, Airgas produces and/or distributes gas products, principally carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, anhydrous ammonia, refrigerants, and atmospheric merchant gases; and produces oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. It serves industrial manufacturing, repair and maintenance, non-residential construction, medical, petrochemical, food products, wholesale trade, analytical, utilities, and mining, and transportation industries. The company markets its products through multiple sales channels, including branch-based sales representatives, retail stores, strategic customer account programs, telesales, catalogs, e-business, and independent distributors. As of March 31, 2008, it operated an integrated network of approximately 1100 locations, including branches, retail stores, packaged gas fill plants, specialty gas labs, production facilities, and distribution centers. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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Key Statistics
| Closing Price | 83.97 |
| Volume | 249410 |
| Volume Avg | 524041 |
| 52 Week High | 83.90 |
| 52 Week Low | 58.00 |
| PE | 23.28 |
| PE (group average) | 25 |
| EPS Year | 3.60 |
| EPS change Q/Q | 15.15% |
| EPS change Q/Q Yr ago | 58.33% |
| EPS change Q/Q next Q est | -33.33% |
| EPS change Y/Y | -20.33% |
| REV change Q/Q | 0% |
| REV change Q/Q Yr ago | -99.9% |
| EPS next Q est | 1.14 |
| EPS next Y est | 4.68 |
| Divident Annual | 1.25 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.49% |