Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $3.17
- Estimate
- $2.92
- Surprise
- +8.7%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $1.35B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.3/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) beat the $2.92 estimate with diluted EPS of $3.17 — a clear 8.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.3/10) to Hold at 5.3/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AIT Sell at 5.8/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +8.7% surprise compares with a +3.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-27.
What supports the rating
- Wide economic moat
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: United States (88.0%)
- Thin upside margin: 7.5%
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $323.78
- Price target
- $348.00
- Stop
- $307.64
- Upside to target
- +7.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.5:1
The stock trades at 29.6× trailing but 24.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AIT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Industrial Distribution
- Market cap
- $11.89B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 29.6
- 52-week range
- $238.34–$374.80
- Off 52-week high
- 13.6%
- RSI (14)
- 35
- Volume vs avg
- 0.83×
- Score today
- 5.8/10