Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

AIT Industrials Industrial Distribution

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $5.0 billion, up 8.84% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+7.64%
EPS
+12.7%
Free cash flow
−34.4%
Total debt
−50.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

282.55 15.74 −5.28%
Market cap
$10.3B
P/E
24.7×
Fwd P/E
24.2×
Dividend yield
0.70%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
10.54
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
93/100

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (AIT) Return on invested capital

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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.2%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (17.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.69% (fiscal 2020) to 17.2% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 7.52% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 17.2% 1.84
FY2025 15.4% (1.62)
FY2024 17.0% (0.05)
FY2023 17.0% 3.51
FY2022 13.5% 4.98
FY2021 8.54% 4.85
FY2020 3.69% (4.68)
FY2019 8.37% 0.19
FY2018 8.18% (3.58)
FY2017 11.8% 5.70

Against its own ten years

Low 3.69% High 17.2%
Ten-year median 11.7%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 17.2%
POOL Pool Corporation compare 15.7%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 14.6%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 14.2%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 10.9%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. compare 10.9%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 8.56%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare −1.53%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare −3.44%
Industrial Distribution industry median 7.52%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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