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Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Competitors

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AIT vs. HLIO, NDSN, AZZ, BDC, CDRE, CR, GEF, GGG, IEX, and IR

Should you be buying Applied Industrial Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Industrial Technologies include Helios Technologies (HLIO), Nordson (NDSN), AZZ (AZZ), Belden (BDC), Cadre (CDRE), Crane (CR), Greif (GEF), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), and Ingersoll Rand (IR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Applied Industrial Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Helios Technologies (NASDAQ:HLIO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Helios Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helios Technologies pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Applied Industrial Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Helios Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Helios Technologies has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Helios Technologies' net margin of 4.57%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Helios Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
Helios Technologies 4.57%8.22%4.50%

Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.19$392.99M$10.1226.18
Helios Technologies$782M2.28$37.50M$1.0451.67

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.58%. Helios Technologies has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.10%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than Helios Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Helios Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Helios Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Helios Technologies and 3 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Helios Technologies' score of 0.90 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Helios Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Helios Technologies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AIT vs. The Competition

MetricApplied Industrial TechnologiesMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.02B$13.20B$7.82B$21.71B
Dividend Yield0.71%24.41%4.57%3.52%
P/E Ratio26.1821.67307.6729.84
Price / Sales2.194.03255.9460.74
Price / Cash22.0717.0528.2724.72
Price / Book5.474.024.804.59
Net Income$392.99M$539.46M$799.16M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.18%0.28%1.22%0.64%
1 Month Performance-0.62%-0.54%2.49%2.77%
1 Year Performance19.09%27.73%26.79%14.49%

Applied Industrial Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7261 of 5 stars
$264.92
-0.2%
$285.00
+7.6%
+17.9%$10.02B$4.56B26.186,800Positive News
HLIO
Helios Technologies
1.9923 of 5 stars
$54.34
+0.1%
$51.00
-6.1%
+22.2%$1.80B$782M48.092,350Dividend Announcement
NDSN
Nordson
4.6891 of 5 stars
$225.92
+1.2%
$255.75
+13.2%
-12.0%$12.54B$2.69B28.388,000Positive News
AZZ
AZZ
4.0235 of 5 stars
$115.18
-1.8%
$112.29
-2.5%
+39.1%$3.52B$1.58B13.353,684
BDC
Belden
4.5115 of 5 stars
$132.29
+0.6%
$136.50
+3.2%
+15.3%$5.21B$2.46B23.977,500Positive News
CDRE
Cadre
2.4437 of 5 stars
$32.72
+0.6%
$31.50
-3.7%
-0.8%$1.32B$567.56M34.602,284Positive News
CR
Crane
4.775 of 5 stars
$182.71
-0.2%
$222.20
+21.6%
+19.0%$10.51B$2.23B24.2011,000Trending News
GEF
Greif
4.6721 of 5 stars
$61.11
-0.9%
$75.80
+24.0%
-4.5%$2.93B$5.45B19.4014,000Positive News
GGG
Graco
4.1052 of 5 stars
$84.77
+0.4%
$94.50
+11.5%
-1.1%$13.99B$2.11B30.064,300Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.9726 of 5 stars
$160.94
+0.2%
$201.71
+25.3%
-24.1%$12.09B$3.27B26.009,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.6774 of 5 stars
$79.12
+0.4%
$97.75
+23.6%
-16.7%$31.32B$7.24B61.8121,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AIT) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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