Airgas Ahead of Earnings

Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 10:04 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, January 25th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) are trading lower by -0.48% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Airgas, the distributor of industrial and medical gasses is expected to release its quarterly results on January 26^th.

Wall Street Analysts consensus calls for a profit of $0.97 a share on $1.14 billion revenue.

Airgas estimates have a range of $0.04 a share. The high estimate calls for profit of $0.99 a share and the low estimate is calling for a profit of $0.95 a share, a year ago for the quarter the company reported $0.8 a share.

Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related equipment. The Company also produces and distributes liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice.

Other companies on the watch on this earnings event are Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. NYSE:APD and Praxair, Inc. NYSE:PX.