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Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.45 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How AIT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.45 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Applied Industrial Technologies moved 0.45% on average · correlation 0.16 · higher than 45% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.29 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.77% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.43% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

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

Peer group

Industrial Distribution

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Company snapshot — Applied Industrial Technologies

AIT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

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 Closelooknet 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 →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.58%, quarterly · last 0.51 USD on 2026-08-14

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 0.58% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • 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

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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT)?

Applied Industrial Technologies trades as AIT on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is AIT in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Applied Industrial Technologies is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does AIT trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2.3% vs the 50-day and +13.6% vs the 200-day average, 7.8% below the 52-week high and +45.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Applied Industrial Technologies compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Industrial Distribution), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) sits 7.8% below its 52-week high, 2.3% above its 50-day average; Fastenal Company (FAST) is 4.2% below, Toromont Industries Ltd. (TIH.TO) is 5.5% below, Russel Metals Inc. (RUS.TO) is 5.7% below. Put any of them next to AIT in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Applied Industrial Technologies trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Applied Industrial Technologies had a beta of 0.45 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 45% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.77% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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 Closelooknet 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 0.58% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.51 USD on 2026-08-14. 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Industrial Distribution, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.