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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109563-21-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIT"
cik: "0000109563"
company_name: "APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T09:27:22.729450+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Industrial Q4 net sales $895.9M (+23.6% YoY); FY2022 EPS guidance $5.00-$5.40

## Summary
- Q4 net income $59.2M ($1.51 EPS); EBITDA $94.8M; organic sales up 19.8%.
- Full-year adjusted net income $186.4M ($4.74 EPS); free cash flow $225.8M.
- FY2022 EPS guidance $5.00-$5.40 on 8-10% sales growth (organic 7-9%).
- Bought back 400k shares for $40.1M in Q4; remaining authorization ~465k shares.
- CEO cites record quarterly earnings and sustained demand momentum entering FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109563-21-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIT
- cik: 0000109563
- company_name: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956321000079/0000109563-21-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956321000079/ait-20210817.htm

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