Applied Industrial Technologies price to free cash flow AIT

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 25.3×
10-year median: 19.5×
Against its 10-year history: 81st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 6.9× to 35.1×
Peer median: 21.6×

Applied Industrial Technologies' price to free cash flow is 25.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.5×, higher than on 81% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.9× in Mar 2020 to 35.1× in Nov 2022.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 21.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 19.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	25.3×	20.6×	30.3×
2025	21.9×	19.1×	25.4×
2024	22.8×	17.1×	26.2×
2023	18.6×	16.3×	33.6×
2022	33.6×	19.4×	35.1×
2021	20.5×	8.2×	21.2×
2020	9.8×	6.9×	13.7×
2019	13.0×	12.1×	18.6×
2018	15.9×	15.8×	26.4×
2017	23.6×	13.3×	23.6×
2016	13.2×	8.6×	13.9×
2015	9.2×	8.9×	34.9×
2014	35.9×	18.7×	38.2×
2013	22.1×	20.1×	28.0×
2012	23.0×	20.6×	33.1×
2011	23.8×	19.9×	25.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Applied Industrial Technologies' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	25.3×
WSOWatsco	19.1×
WCCWESCO International	99.9×
CNMCore & Main	12.7×
POOLPool	24.0×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	28.9×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply	17.4×
LKQLKQ	7.1×
FERGFerguson	n/m
BCCBOISE CASCADE	26.3×
REZIResideo Technologies	n/m
Peer median	21.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.