Applied Industrial Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AIT)

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

Applied Industrial Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, August 30th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 14th. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Dividend History.

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 14th. The industrial products company reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.17. The industrial products company earned $882.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $919.72 million. Applied Industrial Technologies had a return on equity of 19.53% and a net margin of 4.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.03 earnings per share. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Earnings History.

Applied Industrial Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Applied Industrial Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Applied Industrial Technologies updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.20-4.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.93. The company issued revenue guidance of (2%) - 2% to $3.40-3.54 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.67 billion.

3 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Applied Industrial Technologies' stock. Their predictions range from $60.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Applied Industrial Technologies' share price to reach $65.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Applied Industrial Technologies.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Applied Industrial Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Media headlines about AIT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Applied Industrial Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Applied Industrial Technologies saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 399,400 shares, a decline of 27.3% from the August 30th total of 549,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 236,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Applied Industrial Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.20%), Grace & White Inc. NY (0.54%), Strs Ohio (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.07%). Company insiders that own Applied Industrial Technologies stock include Green Edith Kelly, Jerry Sue Thornton, Joe Anthony Raver, L Thomas Hiltz, Peter C Wallace and Todd A Barlett. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Applied Industrial Technologies.

AIT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Grace & White Inc. NY, Fruth Investment Management and Delta Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Applied Industrial Technologies company stock in the last year include Green Edith Kelly and Jerry Sue Thornton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Industrial Technologies.

AIT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Shares of AIT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AIT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.29.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.21 billion and generates $3.47 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $143.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.41 on an earnings per share basis. Applied Industrial Technologies employs 6,650 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Applied Industrial Technologies.

The official website for Applied Industrial Technologies is http://www.applied.com/.

Applied Industrial Technologies' mailing address is ONE APPLIED PLAZA, CLEVELAND OH, 44115. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 216-426-4000 or via email at [email protected].