APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
At today's price, APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (AIT) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~6.2 years. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
At $337.81 the stock trades well above where the static methods land, near 24 times operating income against a blended central read closer to $207. Only the forward-growth method reaches the price, which makes this a durability premium. The mix is shifting toward higher-value work. Engineered Solutions grew over 9 percent organically with orders up more than 10 percent, led by Automation up about 20 percent and fluid power around 13 percent. The balance sheet is conservative, with net debt und
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563 institutional managers reported holding AIT in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 92% of the company; the top 10 hold 39%. 70 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 819k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (3.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
AIT has cut its share count 3.3% over the past five years, spending $477.10M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 16 years straight; the current rate is $1.66 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $173.31M in dividends and $462.60M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at AIT over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
AIT's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-12 | +7.5% | +4.5% |
| 2023-10-28 | -1.0% | +14.6% |
| 2024-01-27 | +0.9% | +11.6% |
| 2024-04-27 | -2.8% | +7.3% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
AIT's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-25 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-04-28 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-01-27 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-10-28 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-10-24 (items 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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