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APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC AIT
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (AIT) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.58% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $5.0B at a 8.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.47 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-08-14 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-08-14 | DA Davidson | Buy (main) |
| 2026-08-14 | Keybanc | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-08-14 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-08-14 | Mizuho | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Wholesale Trade · percentile among 119 companies
Percentile vs other Wholesale Trade companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.385 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.771 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.157 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.386 |
Sector peers · similar-size Wholesale Trade companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIT | APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC | 6/9 | 7.55 | 30.1 | +8.8% |
| DSGR | Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. | 6/9 | 2.57 | 154 | +9.8% |
| WLFC | WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP | 5/9 | — | 12.5 | +36% |
| ASLE | AerSale Corp | 4/9 | 4.99 | 36.1 | -2.8% |
| HDSN | HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY | 2/9 | 8.35 | 14 | +4% |
| TLIH | Ten-League International Holdings Ltd | 8/9 | 0.82 | — | +30.2% |
| FLZH | Flash Sports & Media Holdings, Inc. | 4/9 | — | — | -56.5% |
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About APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
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.
FAQ
Is AIT financially healthy?
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC's Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does AIT pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC pays a dividend yielding about 0.58% with a 16.2% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is AIT?
In FY2025, APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC had a net margin of 8.3% and a return on equity of 22.3%.
Is AIT overvalued or undervalued?
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC trades at about 30.4× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.3×–101.8×, median 22.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for AIT?
The average Wall-Street price target for APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC is $400.00, about 20.0% above the recent price, from 6 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is AIT a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 30.1×, a dividend yield of 0.58%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-06-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.