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Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$337.42+4.03 (+1.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's coverage centers on Applied Industrial Technologies' quarterly results and analyst response. Argus raised its price target on AIT to $364.00, with the stock trading around $333.39 at the time. A separate report noted the stock slipped after quarterly growth, with shares near $320.39 despite a 10.4% year-over-year revenue increase to $1.35 billion that exceeded analyst expectations. AIT also appeared in comparative coverage against Fastenal on dividend growth and payout ratios, and in a piece highlighting it as a long-term growth stock.
AIT closes at $337.42, up 1.2%, sitting between its 50-day average of $337.86 and 200-day average of $301.86. The one-year return stands at 30.2%, though the one-month return is -0.3%. The GekkoIndex reads 55, placing AIT in the Neutral zone, down from a five-day change of -9.1%. Gekko Fair Value is set at $323.98, putting the current price 4.1% above that level.
Applied Industrial Technologies next reports earnings on 27 October 2026, 28 days out, which falls inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior quarter, reported 13 August 2026, produced EPS of $3.17 against an estimate of $2.92, with a 2.7% reaction; the company has beaten estimates in 7 of its last 8 quarters, with an average absolute reaction of 4.5%. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 5.4% gain over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. The consensus among 4 firms is unanimously Buy, with a target of $400.00 implying 18.5% upside. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current window.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Applied Industrial Technologies price vs fair value
Close $337.42200-day averageGekko Fair Value $323.98
Applied Industrial Technologies quick facts
- Market cap
- $12.47B
- P/E ratio
- 30.6
- Forward P/E
- 27.8
- EPS, TTM
- $10.89
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.97B
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.58%
- Beta
- 0.83
- Volume
- 232,036 avg 292,093
- 1-year return
- +30.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.6%
- 50-day average
- $337.86
- 200-day average
- $301.86
- Next earnings
- Oct 27
- Shares outstanding
- 36.73M
Applied Industrial Technologies swing-trade checklist
Applied Industrial Technologies scores 1 supportive, 3 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive3 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $337.42 sits between the 50-day ($337.86) and 200-day ($301.86) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
55, Neutral
Reading 55 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
4.1% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (4.1% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 28 days
Reports on Oct 27, 2026, 28 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.4% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
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Applied Industrial Technologies stock chart and price history
Applied Industrial Technologies closed at $337.42 on Sep 28, 2026, +30.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $238.34 to $374.80.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −0.3%
- 3 months
- +1.0%
- 6 months
- +29.4%
- 1 year
- +30.2%
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Applied Industrial Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Applied Industrial Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 55, in the Neutral zone, down 9.1 points over five sessions.
55Neutral
Down 9.1 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 17 | +1.4% | +3.8% | ||
| Accumulation | 163 | +1.2% | +4.2% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 450 | +0.4% | +1.5% | ||
| Distribution | 39 | −0.4% | −0.3% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AIT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Applied Industrial Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Applied Industrial Technologies trades 4.1% above Gekko Fair Value of $323.98, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Applied Industrial Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$323.98
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
4.1% above fair value · About fair value
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Applied Industrial Technologies insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Applied Industrial Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in AIT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Applied Industrial Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $80.84M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.65%
- Trailing four quarters
- $317.2M
From company filings.
Applied Industrial Technologies earnings: next date and track record
Applied Industrial Technologies reports on Oct 27, 2026 (28 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 27, 2026
28 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.88
- Revenue estimate
- $1.29B
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.5%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 13, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Applied Industrial Technologies reported a strong finish to fiscal 2026 with record fourth-quarter sales and earnings that exceeded expectations. Consolidated sales rose ~10.4% year-over-year (9.7% organic); volumes accelerated to ~7% growth with ~250 basis points of product pricing contribution. Gross margin was 30.4% (down ~20 bps year-over-year driven by higher LIFO expense), SG&A improved as a percent of sales (18.6%), EBITDA expanded >60 bps to >13% with EBITDA growth of 16% and EPS growth of 13%. Management highlighted durable demand trends, strengthened order momentum (notably in engineered solutions/automation and flow control), sequential backlog improvement, and continued cross-selling and digital/automation initiatives. They announced updated intermediate financial targets and provided initial fiscal 2027 commentary that assumes steady H1 growth with more prudent H2 assumptions. Management emphasized ongoing self-help opportunities (cost optimization, shared services, technology/AI adoption) and an active M&A pipeline, while noting LIFO expense, interest expense, geopolitical/trade uncertainty, and uneven end-market pockets (chemicals/refining) as key headwinds. The Q&A reinforced confidence in demand momentum and initiatives, while management was candid about LIFO variability, interest cost drivers, and M&A timing uncertainty.
- Guidance
- Initial fiscal 2027 commentary: management expects steady and favorable growth in H1 with more prudent assumptions in H2 due to short-cycle business dynamics and limited visibility on trade policy/geopolitics. LIFO expense guidance: $24 million to $28 million (versus $21.5M in FY2026). Interest expense guidance: $12 million to $13 million for fiscal 2027 (reflecting swap roll-off, higher rates, and capital deployment assumptions). Management noted their longer-term intermediate financial objective of mid–high-teens incremental EBITDA margins (with demonstrated potential for 20%+ incrementals excluding LIFO volatility) and a multi-year path to deliver meaningful earnings growth. No specific consolidated revenue or EPS dollar guidance was provided in the transcript; supplemental investor materials were referenced.
- Risks flagged
- LIFO inventory accounting variability (identified as a material wildcard to reported margins and EPS), limited visibility on trade policy and geopolitical developments, potential higher interest expense due to swap roll-off and elevated rates, softer pockets in end markets (chemicals/refining) and timing of turnarounds, dependency on supplier stocking and OEM demand for restocking dynamics, and M&A timing/availability (pipeline uncertainty).
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $3.17 est $2.92 | $1.35B est $1.29B | +2.7% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $2.65 est $2.65 | $1.25B est $1.23B | −0.5% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $2.51 est $2.48 | $1.16B est $1.17B | −9.0% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $2.63 est $2.48 | $1.20B est $1.19B | −2.3% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $2.80 est $2.63 | $1.22B est $1.18B | −7.5% |
| May 1, 2025 | $2.57 est $2.41 | $1.17B est $1.18B | −6.5% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $2.39 est $2.21 | $1.07B est $1.15B | +4.5% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $2.36 est $2.25 | $1.10B est $1.08B | +3.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Applied Industrial Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Applied Industrial Technologies is $400.00, +18.5% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$400.00consensus 12-month target, +18.5% from the last close
Now $337.42Avg $400.00
Low $390High $420
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | Mizuho Securities | $400 | +18.5% |
| Aug 14 | Oppenheimer | $390 | +15.6% |
| Aug 14 | KeyBanc | $420 | +24.5% |
| Aug 13 | Bank of America Securities | $390 | +15.6% |
| Jul 21 | Bank of America Securities | $380 | +12.6% |
+1.5%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+5.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Applied Industrial Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Applied Industrial Technologies averaged +5.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +3.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +13.2% | 5 of 5 |
For scale, AIT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.6%.
Applied Industrial Technologies market cap and key statistics
Applied Industrial Technologies’s market cap is $12.47B, with a P/E ratio of 30.6 and revenue of $4.97B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $12.47B
- P/E ratio
- 30.6
- Forward P/E
- 27.8
- EPS, TTM
- $10.89
- Gekko Fair Value
- $323.98
Trading
- Volume
- 232,036
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 292,093
- 52-week high
- $374.80
- 52-week low
- $238.34
- Shares outstanding
- 36.73M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.97B
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Return on equity
- 22.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +13.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.83
- Typical daily move
- ±2.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.58%
Applied Industrial Technologies stock news this week
5 headlines about Applied Industrial Technologies from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Fastenal vs. Applied Industrial Technologies: Which Dividend Grower Is the Better Buy?24/7 Wall Street, Sep 28
- Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. $AIT Position Boosted by Corient Private Wealth LPDefense World, Sep 25
- Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Stock forecastsYahoo Finance Singapore, Sep 25
- Applied Industrial Technologies stock slips after quarterly growthAD HOC NEWS, Sep 23
- Why Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-TermZacks Investment Research, Sep 22
Applied Industrial Technologies peers
Applied Industrial Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GWWW.W. Grainger | Accumulation | 17.8% above |
| FASTFastenal | Neutral | 27.8% above |
| FERGFerguson Enterprises | Neutral | 2.6% below |
| WCCWESCO International | Neutral | 18.9% above |
| GPCGenuine Parts | Accumulation | 4.8% above |
| QXOQXO | Accumulation | 54.3% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Applied Industrial Technologies stock FAQ
What is Applied Industrial Technologies’s market cap?
Applied Industrial Technologies’s market cap is $12.47B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $337.42, with 36.73M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 30.6.
What is the Applied Industrial Technologies stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Applied Industrial Technologies is $400.00, +18.5% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 4 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Applied Industrial Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Applied Industrial Technologies is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $337.42 is 4.1% above Gekko Fair Value of $323.98. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Applied Industrial Technologies report earnings next?
Applied Industrial Technologies is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026 (28 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.88 per share on revenue of $1.29B. Applied Industrial Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.5% on average across the report.
What is Applied Industrial Technologies’s 52-week high and low?
Applied Industrial Technologies’s 52-week high is $374.80 and its 52-week low is $238.34; it closed at $337.42 on Sep 28, 2026, +30.2% over the past year.
Is Applied Industrial Technologies stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (seasonality), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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