NYSE:AIT - Applied Industrial Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Applied Industrial Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Applied Industrial Technologies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Dividend History.

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $833.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $847.19 million. Applied Industrial Technologies had a net margin of 3.85% and a return on equity of 17.79%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.99 earnings per share. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Earnings History.

Applied Industrial Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Applied Industrial Technologies updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.20-4.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.35. The company issued revenue guidance of (2%) to flat yr/yr to $3.40-3.47 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.51 billion.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Applied Industrial Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect Applied Industrial Technologies' stock price to reach $75.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Applied Industrial Technologies.

5 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Applied Industrial Technologies.

News headlines about AIT stock have been trending neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Applied Industrial Technologies earned a news impact score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Applied Industrial Technologies saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 688,600 shares, a drop of 14.5% from the January 15th total of 805,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 199,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Applied Industrial Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.78%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.75%), State Street Corp (2.97%), FMR LLC (2.03%), Palisade Capital Management LLC NJ (1.66%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%). Company insiders that own Applied Industrial Technologies stock include Green Edith Kelly, Jerry Sue Thornton, Joe Anthony Raver, L Thomas Hiltz and Peter C Wallace. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Applied Industrial Technologies.

AIT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Eaton Vance Management, California Public Employees Retirement System, Raymond James & Associates, Arizona State Retirement System, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Credit Suisse AG. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Industrial Technologies.

AIT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, Tygh Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC and Scout Investments Inc.. 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 $66.99.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.59 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]