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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT)

Industrials | Industrial Distribution | Cleveland, United States | NYSE
332.55 USD +3.08 (0.933%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 9:55 a.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:25 a.m. EDT

Applied Industrial Technologies stands out as a high-quality compounder with a nearly decade-long track record of price appreciation and robust capital efficiency. The business generates over 20% returns on equity and maintains a disciplined payout policy, though the dividend yield remains modest given the growth profile. While the stock trades near its 52-week high, the technical setup remains constructive with price well above key moving averages, and statistical models lean bullish for the immediate horizon. Speculators are balancing this optimism with protective put buying at lower strikes, hinting at a belief that volatility could spike even as the trend holds. For investors, this is a core industrial holding offering steady compounding rather than explosive growth, priced for perfection but justified by the consistency of execution.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.045728
AutoARIMA0.057115
AutoETS0.057117
MSTL0.057189

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 55%
H-stat 5.30
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.143
Excess Kurtosis -0.44
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 19.639
Revenue per Share 128.529
Market Cap 12,290,710,528
Trailing P/E 31.46
Forward P/E 28.22
Beta 0.84
Profit Margins 8.34%
Website https://www.applied.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:25 a.m. EDT: Call interest is concentrated near the money with moderate implied volatility, indicating standard bullish positioning around current levels. However, there is significant speculative volume in deep out-of-the-money puts for November expiration, suggesting some market participants are hedging against a potential sharp correction despite the strong underlying trend.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.17% 0.71% 0.74% 0.93%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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 0.62
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.89
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0057364856
lastDividendValue 0.51
lastDividendDate 2026-05-15
dividendDate 2026-08-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2945639
Address1 1 Applied Plaza
All Time High 345.48
All Time Low 1.887517
Ask 334.59
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 280,710
Average Daily Volume3 Month 269,500
Average Volume 269,500
Average Volume10Days 280,710
Beta 0.835
Bid 332.24
Bid Size 120
Board Risk 2
Book Value 50.197
City Cleveland
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 332.545
Current Ratio 2.947
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 335.7806
Day Low 332.28
Debt To Equity 19.639
Display Name Applied Industrial
Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Dividend Rate 2.04
Dividend Yield 0.62
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,384,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,384,800
Earnings Growth 0.031
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.0
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,379,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,379,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,379,400
Ebitda 593,089,984
Ebitda Margins 0.12257
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.851
Enterprise To Revenue 2.556
Enterprise Value 12,366,349,312
Eps Current Year 10.7075
Eps Forward 11.78375
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 10.57
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 317.7148
Fifty Day Average Change 14.8302
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.046677712
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 29.456388
Fifty Two Week High 345.48
Fifty Two Week High Change -12.934998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.037440654
Fifty Two Week Low 238.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change 94.20502
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.39525476
Fifty Two Week Range 238.34 - 345.48
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.93
Float Shares 36,613,230
Forward Eps 11.78375
Forward P E 28.220646
Free Cashflow 332,143,872
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 6,859
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.30386
Gross Profits 1,470,304,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00727
Held Percent Institutions 0.98566
Implied Shares Outstanding 36,959,541
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 1,778,803,200
Last Dividend Value 0.51
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,241,600
Last Split Date 1,150,416,000
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial motion, power, control, and automation technology solutions 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 to 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 12,290,710,528
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_254679
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 403,760,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,172,624,828
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 333.41
Operating Cashflow 466,134,016
Operating Margins 0.110190004
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.17860001
Peg Ratio 2.83
Phone 216 426 4000
Previous Close 329.47
Price Eps Current Year 31.057203
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.624799
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.5400698
Profit Margins 0.08344
Quick Ratio 1.833
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.5
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.0750122
Regular Market Change Percent 0.9333208
Regular Market Day High 335.7806
Regular Market Day Low 332.28
Regular Market Day Range 332.28 - 335.7806
Regular Market Open 333.41
Regular Market Previous Close 329.47
Regular Market Price 332.545
Regular Market Time 1,784,037,330
Regular Market Volume 13,441
Return On Assets 0.10786
Return On Equity 0.21899
Revenue Growth 0.073
Revenue Per Share 128.529
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 36,959,541
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0194
Shares Short 717,229
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 817,568
Short Name Applied Industrial Technologies
Short Percent Of Float 0.0223
Short Ratio 2.44
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol AIT
Target High Price 380.0
Target Low Price 317.0
Target Mean Price 355.33334
Target Median Price 362.5
Total Cash 171,576,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.642
Total Debt 365,300,000
Total Revenue 4,838,729,216
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.89
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0057364856
Trailing Eps 10.57
Trailing P E 31.461214
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.815
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 279.52255
Two Hundred Day Average Change 53.02246
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.18968938
Type Disp Equity
Volume 13,441
Website https://www.applied.com
Zip 44,115