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Company snapshot — Applied Industrial Technologies

AIT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Applied Industrial Technologies distributes industrial parts and engineered systems across North America, Australasia and parts of Latin America. Its Service Center arm supplies bearings, power transmission, fluid power and general maintenance items, while its Engineered Solutions arm designs and integrates fluid power, flow control and automation systems, including machine vision and robotics components for OEMs and integrators. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Where it sits in the stack
Applied Industrial Technologies carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector of our US universe, working as a distributor and integrator of parts that factory-automation and robotics buyers draw on rather than as a maker of any single technology.
Who it is priced against
The diary's peer group for this name is scored Industrials companies based in the US, a set that includes Nordson, Cintas, Verisk Analytics and Copart; the market also compares it with Grainger as a distribution peer.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, our multi-module read of a company's condition, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has not drawn a quote in the diary.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for automation and robotics components through its Engineered Solutions arm keeps pace with the wider industrial capex cycle, given its weaker valuation reading.

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 56/100 composite (momentum 63, quality 54, valuation 37) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AIT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by DA Davidson, 2026-08-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AIT from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target DA Davidson — target 400 Target set to $400 (+11% to spot) 2026-08-14

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Industrial Distribution · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrial Distribution

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against AIT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.62%, quarterly · buybacks 317 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What AIT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.99 USD per share · a 0.62% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +44.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.38 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.51 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.84 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.53 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 73 m USD 18% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 317 m USD 2.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.5% in FY2026 13 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 390 m USD · 85% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT)?

Applied Industrial Technologies trades as AIT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AIT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Applied Industrial Technologies is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Applied Industrial Technologies's Closelook composite score?

56 out of 100, with momentum 63, quality 54 and valuation 37 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AIT trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.7% vs the 50-day and +7.7% vs the 200-day average, 14% below the 52-week high and +35.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Applied Industrial Technologies do?

Applied Industrial Technologies distributes industrial parts and engineered systems across North America, Australasia and parts of Latin America. Its Service Center arm supplies bearings, power transmission, fluid power and general maintenance items, while its Engineered Solutions arm designs and integrates fluid power, flow control and automation systems, including machine vision and robotics components for OEMs and integrators. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The diary's peer group for this name is scored Industrials companies based in the US, a set that includes Nordson, Cintas, Verisk Analytics and Copart; the market also compares it with Grainger as a distribution peer.

Where does Applied Industrial Technologies sit in the AI build-out?

Applied Industrial Technologies carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector of our US universe, working as a distributor and integrator of parts that factory-automation and robotics buyers draw on rather than as a maker of any single technology. It carries a Closelook score, our multi-module read of a company's condition, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and has not drawn a quote in the diary.

Does Applied Industrial Technologies pay a dividend?

Applied Industrial Technologies has paid 1.99 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.62% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.51 USD on 2026-08-14. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 73 m USD in dividends and bought back 317 m USD of its own shares, 85% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Applied Industrial Technologies recently?

The most recent analyst action on Applied Industrial Technologies on the Closelook wire is a price target by DA Davidson on 2026-08-14 (target 400). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AIT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Industrial Distribution, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.