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High Dividends	increased the quarterly cash dividend on the common stock to $0.18 per share from $0.16, payable June 30, 2009 to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2009.	Love	June 01, 2009
High Dividends	Increased its quarterly dividend by 13 percent	Love	May 25, 2009
barrons3	Finally, Cramer's "very bullish" on Airgas(ARG), and he said both Schlumberger (SLB) and Transocean (RIG) work.	Love	March 26, 2009
joeellis87@sbcglobal.net	dividends	Love	November 11, 2008
High Dividends	33%	Love	October 25, 2008
barrons2	Accumulate -- Price 59.09 on Aug. 25 by The Buckingham Research Group Reiterating Buy, with a 72 target: 18.5 times forward-year EPS -- in line with peers. ARG has grown EPS [by nearly] 20% the past five- to- 20 years, and had no quarters with down EPS or volumes during "02 recession... . Investors looking to avoid ... volatility should look to Airgas. Industrial gases are among the most consistent chemical performers, since they are not based on petroleum, are difficult for customers to inventory and serve a very broad set of end markets. Market cap: $5 billion.	Love	August 30, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "This company makes a lot of the gases needed to get oil out of the ground. That's a fabulous business and is not levered to the price of oil."	Love	August 21, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "This company makes a lot of the gases needed to get oil out of the ground. That's a fabulous business and is not levered to the price of oil."	Love	July 15, 2008
sarah z	Airgas Inc. has reinstated a share repurchase plan after suspending it to finalize and integrate an acquisition it made. The plan, which authorizes the repurchase of up to $150 million of Airgas common stock, was put on hold while the Radnor, Pa., company completed the acquisition of Linde AG's U.S. bulk and packaged gas assets. Airgas had bought $13 million worth of stock under the authorization before suspending the buyback program. Airgas has about 82.6 million outstanding shares. The company is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and hardgoods, such as welding equipment. The stock trades for 8x cash flow.	Love	March 26, 2008
drkennyg	demand will always increase	Love	March 07, 2008
barrons2	Take a look at the Air Products (APD)/Airgas (ARG) world.	Love	February 14, 2008
Marco101	Excellent score	Love	November 05, 2007
sarah z	A stock that has proven it can consistently win has been Airgas, Inc. (ARG), they have been making acquisitions and CEO Peter McCausland joined the show. They have made 350 acquisitions to date and 13 in fiscal year 2007 adding $335 million in revenue. An ambitious goal of adding $5 billion in revenue has been set by 2011 an operating margins of 13%. Cramer called this a "great story" and he thinks that you should "pull the trigger on a pull back.	Love	September 27, 2007
nparkrider	Chemical (Speciality);	Love	September 17, 2007
todzilla	cost increases can always be passed on to customers.	Love	May 26, 2007
gwsj	a tip	Love	May 10, 2007
lvrbybay	Consistent growth	Love	May 09, 2007
seertrader	trade	Love	May 05, 2007
stephan otis	Cramer interview with CEO was upbeat with a industrial gas growth potential for the next seven years being very positive. Airgas continuing to make acquisitions is part of their growth story.	Love	February 23, 2007
stephan otis	long term growth	Love	January 09, 2007
Doris DeCoveny	good action	Love	January 08, 2007