Company Analysis

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT)

NYSE: AIT · Wholesale-Machinery, Equipment & Supplies · Cleveland, OH · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade7.0
◀ Past 7.2● Present 7.3▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past7.225% of the headline
● Present7.345% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.6 billion in fiscal 2017 to $5.0 billion in fiscal 2026, up 7.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.5%top 33% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 37% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.8%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.2% a year. 55% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 14 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 55% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 14 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-22 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 33% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 38%: owes 38¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 50 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 38 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitytop 18% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 51 in its family; net margin 8.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 38% by size; a net margin of 8.3% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.97Btop 38% of its family
  • net margin8.3%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.0%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Schrimsher, Neil A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-10-25, 15.1 years (top 16% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.3 years (top 39%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 17 peopletop 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.3 yearstop 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record15.1 yearstop 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 34% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $127 million against debt of $262 million leaves -4.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 47% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.3% of revenue (top 13%); a gross margin of 30.3% (top 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-4.5%bottom 47% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.3%top 13% of its family
  • gross margin30.3%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 47% of its family); the newest year grew 8.8% (top 31%); capital spending grew -3.8% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Service Center Based Distribution at $3.2 billion (64%), Engineered Solutions at $1.8 billion (36%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.5 points a yearbottom 47% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.8%top 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-3.8%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 31% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 7% above the $4.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $415 million against a prior three-year average of $375 million (top 24%); a net margin of 8.3% against 8.4% before (top 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace7.0%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+11%top 24% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointstop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AIT · research, not advice