Applied Industrial Technologies - AIT Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Industrial Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AIT shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Applied Industrial Technologies' shares. Their AIT share price forecasts range from $160.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $164.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.5% from the stock's current price.
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Applied Industrial Technologies' stock was trading at $126.03 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AIT stock has increased by 7.1% and is now trading at $135.02.
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Applied Industrial Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 522,400 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the February 28th total of 488,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 225,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AIT) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The industrial products company reported $2.05 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.71 by $0.34. The industrial products company earned $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $996.44 million. Applied Industrial Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.58% and a net margin of 7.32%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.46 EPS.

Applied Industrial Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.
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Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.06%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 17.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AIT will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.11% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Applied Industrial Technologies issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.10-$8.50 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.31 billion-$4.38 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.11 billion.

86 employees have rated Applied Industrial Technologies Chief Executive Officer Neil A. Schrimsher on Glassdoor.com. Neil A. Schrimsher has an approval rating of 58% among the company's employees. This puts Neil A. Schrimsher in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 58.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Applied Industrial Technologies to a friend.

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Applied Industrial Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AIT."

Applied Industrial Technologies' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.85%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.33%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.96%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.96%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.45%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher Macey, Fred D Bauer, Fred D Bauer, Kurt W Loring, Neil A Schrimsher, Peter A Dorsman, Peter C Wallace and Vincent K Petrella.
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One share of AIT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.02.

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) has a market capitalization of $5.21 billion and generates $4.16 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $257.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.79 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,100 workers across the globe.

Applied Industrial Technologies' mailing address is ONE APPLIED PLAZA, CLEVELAND OH, 44115. The official website for the company is www.applied.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (216) 426-4000, via email at ir@applied.com, or via fax at 216-426-4845.