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Air Liquide

The past year was a profitable year Air Liquide investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Air Liquide, the stock gained around 3 percent. Over the past 5 years the stock rose a massive 39,13 percent. Air Liquide's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 15,33 billion euros and 16,38 billion euros. Air Liquide's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were quiet stable and moved between 1,56 billion euros and 1,82 billion euros.

The core activities of Air Liquide are in the chemical sector. The period from 2006 till the end of 2016 the international sector gained around 72 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 20 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 72 percent.

Air Liquide paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Air Liquide's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 11,8 percent per year. Over the period 2011-2015 Air Liquide raised it's dividends per share each year. So we could call Air Liquide a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Air Liquide' balance mostly consists of equity

Last year the balance sheet of the French company was worth 28,94 billion euros. The total debt of the chemical company was at the end of 2015 16,54 billion euros, which equals around 57,14 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2015 the chemical company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 19. So the stock' value was 19 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the French stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the chemical company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 34,57 billion euros. At the end of 2015 the French company had around 342,82 million stocks listed.

All Air Liquide's annual reports can be found here. More information about Air Liquide can be found it's website. .