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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$307.39 +0.6%	$285.68	$218.48 ▼ $317.10	$11.35B	0.86	270,447 shs	179,983 shs
AOS A. O. Smith	$57.34 +0.3%	$63.05	$54.16 ▼ $81.86	$7.89B	1.23	1.85 million shs	1.37 million shs
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$252.34 +1.0%	$261.54	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$72.56B	1.04	1.42 million shs	874,186 shs
NDSN Nordson	$289.90 +1.1%	$274.97	$191.99 ▼ $305.28	$16.17B	0.99	367,064 shs	558,349 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	0.00%	-0.02%	+4.35%	+9.17%	+37.11%
AOS A. O. Smith	0.00%	+2.38%	-11.97%	-26.29%	-14.54%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.00%	+1.81%	-7.73%	-14.35%	+3.11%
NDSN Nordson	0.00%	+5.46%	+2.14%	-0.09%	+47.55%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$307.39 +0.6%	$285.68	$218.48 ▼ $317.10	$11.35B	0.86	270,447 shs	179,983 shs
AOS A. O. Smith	$57.34 +0.3%	$63.05	$54.16 ▼ $81.86	$7.89B	1.23	1.85 million shs	1.37 million shs
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$252.34 +1.0%	$261.54	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$72.56B	1.04	1.42 million shs	874,186 shs
NDSN Nordson	$289.90 +1.1%	$274.97	$191.99 ▼ $305.28	$16.17B	0.99	367,064 shs	558,349 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	0.00%	-0.02%	+4.35%	+9.17%	+37.11%
AOS A. O. Smith	0.00%	+2.38%	-11.97%	-26.29%	-14.54%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.00%	+1.81%	-7.73%	-14.35%	+3.11%
NDSN Nordson	0.00%	+5.46%	+2.14%	-0.09%	+47.55%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	2.83	Moderate Buy	$313.67	2.04% Upside
AOS A. O. Smith	1.91	Reduce	$69.89	21.88% Upside
ITW Illinois Tool Works	1.77	Reduce	$271.92	7.76% Upside
NDSN Nordson	2.56	Moderate Buy	$308.43	6.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ITW, NDSN, AIT, and AOS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/22/2026	NDSN Nordson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
5/22/2026	NDSN Nordson	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$285.00 ➝ $290.00
5/21/2026	NDSN Nordson	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$335.00
5/15/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$65.00 ➝ $60.00
5/11/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target		$296.00 ➝ $272.00
5/6/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
5/4/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral	$75.00 ➝ $67.00
5/4/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$284.00 ➝ $287.00
5/4/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$245.00 ➝ $255.00
5/4/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$74.00 ➝ $65.00
5/1/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$70.00

(Data available from 5/24/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$4.84B	2.35	$12.04 per share	25.53	$50.33 per share	6.11
AOS A. O. Smith	$3.83B	2.06	$4.54 per share	12.63	$13.62 per share	4.21
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$16.04B	4.52	$11.94 per share	21.13	$11.23 per share	22.47
NDSN Nordson	$2.79B	5.79	$13.05 per share	22.21	$57.40 per share	5.05

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$392.99M	$10.59	29.03	26.18	2.93	8.34%	21.64%	12.91%	N/A
AOS A. O. Smith	$546.20M	$3.76	15.25	13.85	1.26	13.84%	28.42%	15.98%	7/23/2026 (Estimated)
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$3.07B	$10.77	23.43	20.60	4.33	19.32%	97.36%	19.41%	7/29/2026 (Estimated)
NDSN Nordson	$484.47M	$9.38	30.91	23.53	1.94	18.19%	20.08%	10.39%	N/A

Latest ITW, NDSN, AIT, and AOS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/20/2026	Q2 2026	NDSN Nordson	$2.82	$2.86	+$0.04	$2.09	$728.78 million	$740.85 million
4/30/2026	Q1 2026	AOS A. O. Smith	$0.94	$0.85	-$0.09	$0.85	$974.06 million	$945.60 million
4/30/2026	Q1 2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.57	$2.66	+$0.09	$2.66	$4.01 billion	$4.02 billion
4/28/2026	Q3 2026	AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$2.63	$2.65	+$0.02	$2.65	$1.23 billion	$1.25 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$2.04	0.66%	+5.67%	19.26%	16 Years
AOS A. O. Smith	$1.44	2.51%	+7.09%	38.30%	31 Years
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$6.44	2.55%	+7.07%	59.80%	55 Years
NDSN Nordson	$3.28	1.13%	+15.61%	34.97%	62 Years

Latest ITW, NDSN, AIT, and AOS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/8/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	quarterly	$1.61	2.53%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/10/2026
4/21/2026	AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	quarterly	$0.51	0.66%	5/15/2026	5/15/2026	5/29/2026
4/13/2026	AOS A. O. Smith	quarterly	$0.36	2.33%	4/30/2026	4/30/2026	5/15/2026
3/3/2026	NDSN Nordson	quarterly	$0.82	1.23%	3/19/2026	3/19/2026	4/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	0.19	2.95	1.97
AOS A. O. Smith	0.31	1.56	1.00
ITW Illinois Tool Works	2.04	1.19	0.86
NDSN Nordson	0.57	2.60	1.74

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	93.52%
AOS A. O. Smith	76.10%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	79.77%
NDSN Nordson	72.11%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	1.60%
AOS A. O. Smith	0.50%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.83%
NDSN Nordson	0.84%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	6,800	36.96 million	36.37 million	Optionable
AOS A. O. Smith	11,500	137.83 million	137.14 million	Optionable
ITW Illinois Tool Works	43,000	287.70 million	285.31 million	Optionable
NDSN Nordson	8,000	55.78 million	55.32 million	Optionable

ITW, NDSN, AIT, and AOS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Nordson Earnings Call Showcases Record Growth Momentum

4 hours ago | theglobeandmail.com

Nordson (NDSN) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript

May 23 at 2:41 PM | finance.yahoo.com

NDSN Q2 Deep Dive: Order Momentum Drives Guidance Lift, Strategic M&A Expands Precision Ag Portfolio

May 23 at 2:41 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

May 23 at 4:30 AM | marketbeat.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Given New $290.00 Price Target at BNP Paribas Exane

May 23 at 4:11 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Nordson Corp (NDSN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Sales and Strategic Acquisitions ...

May 22 at 6:04 PM | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Nordson (NDSN) Q2 2026 Earnings Transcript

May 22 at 6:04 PM | finance.yahoo.com

BNP Paribas Exane Issues Positive Forecast for Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Stock Price

May 22 at 11:05 AM | marketbeat.com

DA Davidson Reiterates "Buy" Rating for Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN)

May 21 at 12:49 PM | marketbeat.com

NDSN's Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Broad Organic Growth

May 21 at 12:42 PM | zacks.com

Nordson Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

May 21 at 10:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Nordson Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

May 21 at 9:00 AM | seekingalpha.com

Nordson: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

May 20, 2026 | ctpost.comC

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) surprises with Q1 CY2026 sales

May 20, 2026 | msn.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.04 EPS

May 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Nordson (NDSN) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

May 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Nordson Delivers Record Q2 Results, Raises 2026 Outlook

May 20, 2026 | tipranks.com

Nordson (NDSN) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

May 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

May 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Nordson Corporation Reports Record Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results and Increases Full Year Guidance

May 20, 2026 | businesswire.com

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Updates Q3 2026 Earnings Guidance

May 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ITW, NDSN, AIT, and AOS Company Descriptions

Applied Industrial Technologies NYSE:AIT

$307.39 +1.73 (+0.57%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$307.09 -0.30 (-0.10%)

As of 05/22/2026 06:14 PM Eastern

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial motion, power, control, and automation technology solutions in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It operates in two segments, Service Center Based Distribution, and Engineered Solutions. The company distributes bearings, power transmission products, engineered fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control solutions, advanced automation products, industrial rubber products, linear motion components, automation solutions, tools, safety products, oilfield supplies, and other industrial and maintenance supplies; and motors, belting, drives, couplings, pumps, hydraulic and pneumatic components, filtration supplies, valves, fittings, process instrumentation, actuators, and hoses, filtration supplies, as well as other related supplies for general operational needs of customers' machinery and equipment. It also operates fabricated rubber shops and service field crews that install, modify, and repair conveyor belts and rubber linings, as well as offer hose assemblies. In addition, the company provides technical support services; engages in the distribution of fluid power and industrial flow control products; advanced automation solutions, including machine vision, robotics, motion control, and smart technologies. It distributes industrial products through a network of service centers. The company serves various industries, including agriculture and food processing, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals, fabricated metals, forest products, industrial machinery and equipment, life sciences, mining, oil and gas, primary metals, technology, transportation, and utilities, as well as government entities. 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.

A. O. Smith NYSE:AOS

$57.34 +0.17 (+0.30%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$57.34 -0.01 (-0.01%)

As of 05/22/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, heat pumps, tanks, and water treatment products in North America, China, Europe, and India. The company offers water heaters for residences, restaurants, hotels, office buildings, laundries, car washes, and small businesses; boilers for hospitals, schools, hotels, and other large commercial buildings, as well as homes, apartments, and condominiums; and water treatment products comprising point-of-entry water softeners, well water solutions, and whole-home water filtration products, and point-of-use carbon and reverse osmosis products for residences, restaurants, hotels, and offices. It also provides commercial water treatment and filtration product; expansion tanks, commercial solar water heating systems, swimming pool and spa heaters, and related products and parts; and electric wall-hung, gas tankless, combi-boiler, and heat pump and solar water heaters. The company offers its products under the A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar, Hague, Water-Right, Master Water, Atlantic Filter, and Water Tec brands. It distributes its products through independent wholesale plumbing distributors, as well as to retail channels consisting of hardware and home center chains, and manufacturer representative firms; and offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce channels. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Illinois Tool Works NYSE:ITW

$252.34 +2.41 (+0.96%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$252.22 -0.12 (-0.05%)

As of 05/22/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products. The Automotive OEM segment offers plastic and metal components, fasteners, and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks, and other industrial uses. The Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, refrigeration, cooking, and food processing equipment; kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems; and food equipment maintenance and repair services. The Test & Measurement and Electronics segment produces and sells equipment, consumables, and related software for testing and measuring of materials and structures, as well as equipment and consumables used in the production of electronic subassemblies and microelectronics. The Welding segment produces arc welding equipment; and metal arc welding consumables and related accessories. The Polymers & Fluids segment produces adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The Construction Products segment offers engineered fastening systems and solutions for the residential construction, renovation/remodel, and commercial construction markets. The Specialty Products segment provides beverage packaging equipment and consumables, product coding and marking equipment and consumables, and appliance components and fasteners. It serves the automotive OEM and tiers, MRO, commercial food equipment, construction, general industrial, industrial capital goods, consumer durables, automotive aftermarket end, and other markets. The company distributes its products directly to industrial manufacturers, as well as through independent distributors. Illinois Tool Works Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

Nordson NASDAQ:NDSN

$289.90 +3.13 (+1.09%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$289.94 +0.04 (+0.01%)

As of 05/22/2026 06:26 PM Eastern

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through three segments: Industrial Precision Solutions; Medical and Fluid Solutions; and Advanced Technology Solutions. The Industrial Precision Solutions segment provides dispensing, coating, and laminating systems for adhesives, lotions, liquids, and fibers to disposable products and roll goods; automated adhesive dispensing systems used in packaged goods industries; components and systems used in the thermoplastic and biopolymer melt stream; precision agriculture spraying solutions; fluid components, such as nozzles, pumps, and filters; and product assembly systems for use in paper and paperboard converting applications, and manufacturing roll goods. It also offers automated and manual dispensing products and systems for cold materials, container coating, liquid finishing, and powder coating, as well as ultraviolet equipment used primarily in curing and drying operations. The Medical and Fluid Solutions segment offers medical devices, including cannulas, catheters, and medical balloons; single-use plastic components; precision manual and semi-automated dispensers; minimally invasive interventional delivery devices; and plastic molded syringes, cartridges, tips, and fluid connection components. The Advanced Technology Solutions segment provides automated dispensing systems for the attachment, protection, and coating of fluids, as well as related gas plasma treatment systems for cleaning and conditioning surfaces; and bond testing and automated optical, acoustic microscopy, and x-ray inspection systems for use in semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. The company markets its products through direct sales force, as well as distributors and sales representatives. Nordson Corporation was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

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