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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT)

Industrials | Industrial Distribution | Cleveland, United States | NYSE
322.22 USD -16.17 (-4.779%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 329.11 +6.89 (2.138%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:37 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:16 a.m. EDT

This industrial distributor remains a high-quality compounder with robust return on equity and consistent earnings growth, yet the stock trades at a premium valuation that leaves little margin for error. The recent price action shows a healthy consolidation after a strong multi-year run, creating a favorable setup for entry as the longer-term moving averages continue to support the uptrend. While the dividend yield is modest, the payout ratio is conservative enough to support future increases. Options flow suggests a bullish bias among traders for the immediate future, though hedging activity exists for the medium term. For disciplined investors, the fundamentals justify holding, but the price action suggests patience may be required to secure a better entry point before chasing the highs.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.022449
AutoETS0.030197
MSTL0.030570
AutoARIMA0.068691

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 61%
H-stat 1.05
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.483
Excess Kurtosis -0.39
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 25.967
Revenue per Share 132.881
Market Cap 11,825,105,920
Trailing P/E 30.86
Forward P/E 24.36
Beta 0.85
Profit Margins 8.35%
Website https://www.applied.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:16 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside in the near term, evidenced by heavy out-of-the-money call open interest relative to puts for August and September expiration. Implied volatility is elevated on near-dated contracts, suggesting anticipation of movement. However, November put activity shows significant volume at lower strikes, indicating investors are hedging downside risk or betting on a deeper correction further out.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.14% 0.67% 0.72% 0.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-14 0.510000 0.140903
2026-05-15 0.510000 0.166032
2026-02-13 0.510000 0.182247
2025-11-14 0.460000 0.184769
2025-08-15 0.460000 0.180385
2025-05-15 0.460000 0.198173
2025-02-14 0.460000 0.173362
2024-11-15 0.370000 0.138717
2024-08-15 0.370000 0.184972
2024-05-14 0.370000 0.189046
2024-02-14 0.370000 0.198551
2023-11-14 0.350000 0.209480
2023-08-14 0.350000 0.226098
2023-05-12 0.350000 0.270919
2023-02-14 0.350000 0.245977
2022-11-14 0.340000 0.269264
2022-08-12 0.340000 0.299744
2022-05-13 0.340000 0.320513
2022-02-14 0.340000 0.356357
2021-11-12 0.330000 0.312678
2021-08-13 0.330000 0.365368
2021-05-13 0.330000 0.323023
2021-02-12 0.330000 0.415251
2020-11-13 0.320000 0.449564
2020-08-13 0.320000 0.498831
2020-05-14 0.320000 0.636183
2020-02-13 0.320000 0.456686
2019-11-14 0.310000 0.500000
2019-08-14 0.310000 0.587455
2019-05-14 0.310000 0.566003
2019-02-14 0.310000 0.536332
2018-11-14 0.300000 0.458365
2018-08-14 0.300000 0.390117
2018-05-14 0.300000 0.434468
2018-02-14 0.300000 0.424628
2017-11-14 0.290000 0.478943
2017-08-11 0.290000 0.522994
2017-05-11 0.290000 0.465490
2017-02-13 0.290000 0.466613
2016-11-10 0.280000 0.518999
2016-08-11 0.280000 0.581033
2016-05-12 0.280000 0.639269
2016-02-11 0.280000 0.713194
2015-11-12 0.270000 0.668317
2015-08-12 0.270000 0.686150
2015-05-13 0.270000 0.635145
2015-02-11 0.270000 0.641178
2014-11-12 0.250000 0.503119
2014-08-13 0.250000 0.532368
2014-05-13 0.250000 0.525873
2014-02-12 0.250000 0.514086
2013-11-13 0.230000 0.493562
2013-08-13 0.230000 0.453291
2013-05-13 0.230000 0.505717
2013-02-13 0.230000 0.518251
2012-11-13 0.210000 0.548017
2012-08-13 0.210000 0.519159
2012-05-11 0.210000 0.551181
2012-02-13 0.210000 0.509091
2011-11-10 0.190000 0.574018
2011-08-11 0.190000 0.706582
2011-05-12 0.190000 0.539926
2011-02-11 0.170000 0.508373
2010-11-10 0.170000 0.543652
2010-08-12 0.170000 0.631735
2010-05-12 0.150000 0.492611
2010-02-10 0.150000 0.697350
2009-11-12 0.150000 0.726392
2009-08-12 0.150000 0.676285
2009-05-13 0.150000 0.759494
2009-02-11 0.150000 0.870575
2008-11-12 0.150000 0.871080
2008-08-13 0.150000 0.488599
2008-05-13 0.150000 0.560119
2008-02-13 0.150000 0.499667
2007-11-13 0.150000 0.484809
2007-08-13 0.150000 0.506244
2007-05-11 0.120000 0.436522
2007-02-13 0.120000 0.483481
2006-11-13 0.120000 0.428113
2006-08-11 0.120000 0.563380
2006-05-11 0.120000 0.414269
2006-02-13 0.100000 0.372024
2005-11-10 0.100000 0.461538
2005-08-17 0.080000 0.349040
2005-05-12 0.080000 0.417973
2005-02-11 0.080000 0.413081
2004-11-10 0.062222 0.365439
2004-08-11 0.062222 0.506511
2004-05-12 0.053333 0.467287
2004-02-11 0.053333 0.509335
2003-11-12 0.053333 0.494638
2003-08-13 0.053333 0.549447
2003-05-13 0.053333 0.632907
2003-01-29 0.053333 0.722887
2002-11-13 0.053333 0.663713
2002-08-13 0.053333 0.754238
2002-05-13 0.053333 0.604530
2002-02-12 0.053333 0.680268
2001-11-13 0.053333 0.712162
2001-08-13 0.053333 0.669265
2001-05-11 0.053333 0.648294
2001-02-12 0.053333 0.683756
2000-11-13 0.053333 0.700726
2000-08-11 0.053333 0.690643
2000-05-11 0.053333 0.703292
2000-02-10 0.053333 0.721800
1999-11-10 0.053333 0.708483
1999-08-12 0.053333 0.820508
1999-05-12 0.053333 0.780483
1999-02-10 0.053333 0.941171
1998-11-12 0.053333 0.914280
1998-08-12 0.053333 0.599996
1998-05-13 0.053333 0.494842
1998-02-11 0.053333 0.441377
1997-11-12 0.053333 0.418298
1997-08-13 0.047407 0.377578
1997-05-13 0.047407 0.505925
1997-02-12 0.047407 0.561399
1996-11-13 0.047407 0.587151
1996-08-13 0.041481 0.486951
1996-05-13 0.041481 0.478627
1996-02-13 0.041481 0.528296
1995-11-13 0.041481 0.552625
1995-08-11 0.035556 0.549625
1995-05-09 0.035556 0.590171
1995-02-09 0.035556 0.610177
1994-11-08 0.035556 0.541360
1994-08-09 0.031605 0.500001
1994-05-10 0.031605 0.481204
1994-02-09 0.031605 0.518220
1993-11-08 0.031605 0.542374
1993-08-10 0.031605 0.727274
1993-05-10 0.031605 0.670158
1993-02-08 0.031605 0.739886
1992-11-09 0.031605 0.800002
1992-08-10 0.031605 0.876714
1992-05-11 0.031605 0.790125
1992-02-10 0.031605 0.731430
1991-11-08 0.031605 0.761906
1991-08-09 0.031605 0.735634
1991-05-09 0.031605 0.752943
1991-02-11 0.031605 0.941178
1990-11-08 0.031605 1.094019
1990-08-09 0.031605 0.744187
1990-05-09 0.031605 0.748540
1990-02-09 0.031605 0.680852
1989-11-09 0.031605 0.554114
1989-08-09 0.031605 0.584476
1989-05-09 0.031605 0.553315
1989-02-09 0.026337 0.514461
1988-11-14 0.026337 0.579700
1988-08-09 0.026337 0.522867
1988-05-10 0.026337 0.549190
1988-02-08 0.026337 0.718551
1987-11-09 0.021948 0.793655
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.04
dividendYield 0.6
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.94
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.00573303
lastDividendValue 0.51
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-08-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.28592062
Address1 1 Applied Plaza
All Time High 374.8
All Time Low 1.887517
Ask 322.67
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 260,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 278,745
Average Volume 278,745
Average Volume10Days 260,520
Beta 0.847
Bid 323.1
Bid Size 280
Board Risk 2
Book Value 49.249
City Cleveland
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 322.22
Current Ratio 2.578
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 340.9554
Day Low 318.27
Debt To Equity 25.967
Display Name Applied Industrial
Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Dividend Rate 2.04
Dividend Yield 0.6
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,629,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,629,600
Earnings Growth 0.134
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.1
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,104,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,104,200
Ebitda 615,302,016
Ebitda Margins 0.12389
Enterprise To Ebitda 19.797
Enterprise To Revenue 2.453
Enterprise Value 12,181,419,008
Eps Current Year 12.0325
Eps Forward 13.22714
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 10.44
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 340.8708
Fifty Day Average Change -18.650787
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.054715123
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 28.592062
Fifty Two Week High 374.8
Fifty Two Week High Change -52.579987
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.14028813
Fifty Two Week Low 238.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change 83.880005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.35193422
Fifty Two Week Range 238.34 - 374.8
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.93
Float Shares 36,324,528
Forward Eps 13.22714
Forward P E 24.36052
Free Cashflow 362,843,616
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 6,900
Fullday Change -16.17
Fullday Change Percent -4.77851
Fullday Price 329.11
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.30337998
Gross Profits 1,506,785,024
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0077
Held Percent Institutions 0.98647004
Implied Shares Outstanding 36,698,856
Industry Industrial Distribution
Industry Disp Industrial Distribution
Industry Key industrial-distribution
Ir Website http://ir.applied.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=97733&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Last Dividend Value 0.51
Last Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Last Split Date 1,150,416,000
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies, and related maintenance supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Costa Rica. It operates in two segments, Service Center and Engineered Solutions. The Service Center segment distributes industrial bearings, power transmission, fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control, and advanced factory automation solutions, as well as general maintenance products; and motors, belting, drives, couplings, pumps, linear motion, hydraulic and pneumatic components, filtration supplies, hoses, and other related supplies. It also installs, modifies, and repairs conveyor belts and rubber linings, as well as hose assemblies. The Engineered Solutions segment is involved in distributing, engineering, designing, integrating, and repairing hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power technologies, engineered flow control products and services, and automation technologies; and provision of fluid power and industrial flow control products. Its fluid power products and solutions are used in off-highway mobile equipment, stationary industrial equipment and machines, marine and offshore equipment, factory automation, food processing equipment, packaging operations, and downstream energy process systems. This segment also offers pumps, valves, fittings, hoses, process instrumentation, actuators, and filtration supplies; and advanced automation technologies for the design, engineering, assembly, integration, and distribution of machine vision, collaborative robots, mobile robots, radio-frequency identification, industrial networking, motion control, and machine learning technologies for OEMs, machine builders, integrators, and other industrial and technology sectors. The company was formerly known as Bearings, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. in 1997. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Long Name Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 11,825,105,920
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_254679
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 414,524,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,814,313,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,418,525,881
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 340.68
Operating Cashflow 484,081,984
Operating Margins 0.117740005
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.17719999
Peg Ratio 2.8
Phone 216 426 4000
Post Market Change 6.889984
Post Market Change Percent 2.1382856
Post Market Price 329.11
Post Market Time 1,787,960,252
Previous Close 338.39
Price Eps Current Year 26.779139
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.5426707
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.3808844
Profit Margins 0.083459996
Quick Ratio 1.612
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -16.17
Regular Market Change Percent -4.77851
Regular Market Day High 340.9554
Regular Market Day Low 318.27
Regular Market Day Range 318.27 - 340.9554
Regular Market Open 340.68
Regular Market Previous Close 338.39
Regular Market Price 322.22
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 509,989
Return On Assets 0.11102
Return On Equity 0.22368999
Revenue Growth 0.104
Revenue Per Share 132.881
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 36,698,856
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0177
Shares Short 648,100
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 776,951
Short Name Applied Industrial Technologies
Short Percent Of Float 0.020299999
Short Ratio 2.33
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol AIT
Target High Price 420.0
Target Low Price 390.0
Target Mean Price 400.0
Target Median Price 400.0
Total Cash 127,130,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.464
Total Debt 483,444,000
Total Revenue 4,966,686,208
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.94
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.00573303
Trailing Eps 10.44
Trailing P E 30.863987
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.8199
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 294.42953
Two Hundred Day Average Change 27.790466
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.094387494
Type Disp Equity
Volume 509,989
Website https://www.applied.com
Zip 44,115