---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109563-22-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIT"
cik: "0000109563"
company_name: "APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T00:38:29.937620+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Industrial Q4 sales $1.1B, EPS $2.02; FY2023 guidance: EPS $6.65-$7.30

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.1B, +18.5% YoY; organic +18.7%. Net income $79.1M, EPS $2.02 (+34.4% YoY).
- FY2022 net sales $3.8B (+17.8% YoY), net income $257.4M, EPS $6.58 (+38.8% YoY adjusted).
- FY2023 guidance: sales growth 3-7%, EPS $6.65-$7.30, EBITDA margins 10.8-11.1%.
- Board authorized new 1.5M share repurchase program, replacing prior plan.
- CEO notes mid-teens organic sales growth early FY2023; no signs of slowing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109563-22-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIT
- cik: 0000109563
- company_name: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-11T23:59:59+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/109563/000010956322000073/0000109563-22-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956322000073/ait-20220811.htm

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