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Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. is a distributor of value-added industrial products — including engineered fluid power components, bearings, specialty flow control solutions, power transmission products and miscellaneous industrial supplies. These products are mainly sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) customers in Australia, North America, Singapore and New Zealand.
AIT sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of B. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 1.2% and 1.4% year-over-year, respectively.
Four analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.11 to $9.87 per share for 2025. AIT boasts an average earnings surprise of 5.3%.
Looking at cash flow, Applied Industrial Technologies is expected to report cash flow growth of 9.9% this year; AIT has generated cash flow growth of 10.3% over the past three to five years.
With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, AIT should be on investors' short lists.
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