Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.97
- Estimate
- $2.89
- Surprise
- +2.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.29B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) beat the $2.89 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.97 — a modest 2.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.9/10) to Sell at 5.9/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Keybanc Maintains Overweight on Applied Industrial Techs, Lowers Price Target to $360 — benzinga, 2026-10-28
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AIT Sell at 5.7/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.8% surprise compares with a +1.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-26.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: United States (88.0%)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Negative momentum
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
- $299.10
- Price target
- $330.60
- Stop
- $284.03
- Upside to target
- +10.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.5:1
At 26.4× trailing and 22.6× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — 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
- $10.99B
- P/E (fwd)
- 22.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 26.4
- 52-week range
- $238.72–$374.80
- Off 52-week high
- 20.2%
- RSI (14)
- 31
- Volume vs avg
- 1.65×
- Score today
- 5.7/10