Air Products (APD) Stock Faces Clean Energy Exit Fallout After EPS Beat

Air Products and Chemicals stock slipped about 1.8% to roughly US$295 today, extending a softer run over the past month. That reaction sits awkwardly beside a quarter in which the industrial gases group delivered headline earnings per share of US$3.47 and operating margin of 25.6%, both ahead of its own guidance. The real jolt came from a US$2.9b restructuring charge tied to exiting certain clean energy projects, wh…