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About Applied Industrial Technologies
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Costa Rica. It operates in two segments, Service Center and Engineered Solutions. The Service Center segment distributes industrial bearings, power transmission, fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control, and advanced factory automation… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Industrial Distribution
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: September 7, 1984
Headquarters: 1 Applied Plaza, Cleveland, OH, United States, 44115
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$335.64
Market Cap
$12.49B
Float
36.3M
Shares Outstanding
36.7M
P/E (Forward)
28.82
P/E (TTM)
31.66
Price/Sales (TTM)
2.51
vs. Analyst Target
+19.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
8.35%
Operating Margin (TTM)
11.77%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
13.40%
Dividend Rate
2.0%
Analyst Target Price
$400.00 (8 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2021
$3.24B
$145M
$936M
$263M
2022
$3.81B
$257M
$1.11B
$410M
2023
$4.41B
$347M
$1.29B
$528M
2024
$4.48B
$386M
$1.34B
$571M
2025
$4.56B
$393M
$1.38B
$580M
2026
$4.97B
$415M
$1.51B
$552M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$1.20B
$101M
Dec 2025
$1.16B
$95.3M
Mar 2026
$1.25B
$99.8M
Jun 2026
$1.35B
$119M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
0.8%
Institutional Ownership
98.6%
Short Float
2.0%
% of All Funds Holding
6.98%
Number of Funds Holding
614
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$342.69
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$297.60
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$270.93
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$214.82
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$295.25
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$272.19
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$229.46
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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