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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Applied Industrial Technologies' Dividend History.

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.95 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $833.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $847.19 million. Applied Industrial Technologies had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 3.86%. The firm's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.20-4.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Applied Industrial Technologies' stock. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% 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.

Press coverage about AIT stock has been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Applied Industrial Technologies earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Applied Industrial Technologies.

Applied Industrial Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 805,600 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the December 15th total of 752,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 182,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company 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 investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.24%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), Strs Ohio (0.17%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Fruth Investment Management (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, CWM Advisors LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Midwest Bank Trust Division and Sheets Smith Wealth Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Applied Industrial Technologies.

AIT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Strs Ohio, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Advisors Preferred LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and Fruth Investment Management. 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 $65.70.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a market capitalization of $2.54 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]