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Praxair

The past year was a profitable year for the Praxair investors

Over the past year the company' stock gained around 16 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock rose on average 12 percent. Praxair's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite stable and moved between 11,22 billion dollars and 10,78 billion dollars. Praxair's net results between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 1,68 billion dollars and 1,55 billion dollars.

Praxair is mostly active in the chemical sector. The global chemical companies gained around 72 percent worldwide over the last 10 years. As from 2011 the sector is 20 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 72 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Praxair's dividend yield was at around 12,06 percent per year.

Praxair' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of 18,32 billion dollars. 13,93 billion dollars (76,04 percent of the total balance sheet) was financed by debt. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 24. So the market valued the stock at 24 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American 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 28,75 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 284,88 million stocks listed on the exchanges.

All of Praxair's annual reports are stored here. More information about Praxair can be found it's website. .