Air Products and Chemicals Outperforms Basic Materials Peers YTD

Air Products and Chemicals (APD) has outperformed the Basic Materials sector this year, gaining 14.8% compared to the sector's 13.2% average. APD has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and its full-year earnings estimate has increased 0.5% in the past quarter. Another Basic Materials stock, Hochschild Mining PLC, has gained 20% this year and has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy). APD is part of the Chemical - Diversified industry, which has gained 18.2% this year, while Hochschild Mining PLC belongs to the Mining - Silver industry, which has gained 10.6% year-to-date.