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accession: "0000109563-25-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIT"
cik: "0000109563"
company_name: "APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:27:05.472005+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Industrial Q2 EPS $2.39 beats; raises FY25 guidance, dividend up 24%

## Summary
- Net sales $1.1B down 0.4% YoY; organic daily sales -3.4%.
- Net income $93.3M ($2.39 EPS); EBITDA $135.1M up 3.3% YoY.
- Quarterly dividend raised 24% to $0.46/share, payable Feb 28, 2025.
- FY2025 guidance raised: EPS $9.65-$10.05 (prior $9.25-$10.00); sales growth +1% to +3%.
- Hydradyne acquisition closed Dec 31, 2024; initial contribution included in guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109563-25-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIT
- cik: 0000109563
- company_name: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+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/109563/000010956325000023/0000109563-25-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956325000023/ait-20250129.htm

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