Air Liquide AI

equity

Price History

1999-12 · DCA start€22.28

Time underwater

How far below its previous all-time high the price sat, each month. 0% means a new high.

1999-122026-08 · -2.8%

Worst drawdown: −38%, peaking Nov 2007 and bottoming Dec 2008 — 33 months below the prior high before recovering.

DCA Backtest

Start month

Monthly amount (EUR)

Invested: €32,100
Value today: €118,898
Return: +270.4%
Months invested: 321

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be €43,119 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is +175.7%.

Lump sum instead — €32,100 all at once in Dec 1999: €242,758 (+656.3%) — lump sum came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (May 2026): €394.79 on €400 invested (-1.3%).

⚠ Price returns only — dividends are not included. This understates the true return of dividend-paying shares, and any comparison against crypto (which pays no dividends) is biased against equities by roughly the dividend yield, compounded.

If this saved you a spreadsheet — buy me a coffee.

Every start month at once

Each cell is the return-to-date of £/$/€100-a-month DCA started that month. Click a cell to load it in the backtest above. The ringed cell is the all-time-high start — the worst timing scenario.

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Legend:−50%−20%0%+50%+200%+1000%worst timing (ATH)Selected 1999-12: +270.4%

About Air Liquide

Air Liquide S.A. is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is the second largest global supplier of industrial gases by revenues and has operations in over 70 countries. (Wikipedia)

It's a listed company categorised under materials.

It rates Low Risk at 1.3/5, meaning the rated factors look benign — steady pricing, deep liquidity, and no obvious structural red flags.

Scoring well: concentration at 1.0/5.

Not yet researched: governance. These are excluded from the score rather than guessed, so the real risk may be higher than what’s shown.

Ratings summarise sourced facts against fixed rules — not investment advice, and no substitute for your own diligence.

Risk Profile

Low Risk(1.3/5)90% rated

How these ratings work

Market / Volatility1.3/5 · weight 20%

Annualised volatility (3yr)1/514.0
Max drawdown from ATH2/538.4
Beta vs S&P 5001/5-0.09

Liquidity1.0/5 · weight 15%

Avg daily $ volume1/5130.6m
Float % of shares outstandingnot yet researched

Leverage / Financial1.5/5 · weight 20%

Debt / equity2/50.52
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest)1/560.0

Earnings Quality1.0/5 · weight 15%

3yr EPS volatility1/54.8

Concentration1.0/5 · weight 10%

Largest customer, % of revenuenot yet researched
Geographic revenue concentration1/5diversified

Governanceunrated · weight 10%

Board independence %not yet researched
Share structurenot yet researched
Litigation / audit historynot yet researched

Sector / Regulatory2.0/5 · weight 10%

Sector regulatory exposure2/5moderate

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