Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) is slated to release second-quarter fiscal 2024 results before the opening bell on Apr 30.The industrial gas giant beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in three of the last four quarters while missing once. It pulled off a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of around 0.5%, on average. The company delivered a negative earnings surprise of around 5.7% in the last reported quarter.Air Products is expected to have gained from cost-improvement and productivit ...