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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109563-21-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIT"
cik: "0000109563"
company_name: "APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:16:08.290565+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Industrial Q1 net sales $891.7M (+19.2%), EPS $1.36, maintains guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $891.7M, up 19.2% YoY; organic sales up 16.3%.
- Net income $53.0M ($1.36 diluted EPS); EBITDA $88.5M.
- Fiscal 2022 guidance maintained: EPS $5.00-$5.40, sales growth 8-10% (7-9% organic).
- Quarterly dividend $0.33/share declared, payable Nov 30 to holders of record Nov 15.
- Acquired R.R. Floody Co. in August; repurchased 76,658 shares for $6.5M in quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109563-21-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIT
- cik: 0000109563
- company_name: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956321000094/0000109563-21-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956321000094/ait-20211027.htm

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