Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

DB:AT4 Stock Report

Market Cap: €8.9b

Applied Industrial Technologies Valuation

Is AT4 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AT4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AT4 (€230) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€247.12)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AT4 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AT4?

Key metric: As AT4 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AT4. This is calculated by dividing AT4's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AT4's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.2x
EarningsUS$384.00m
Market CapUS$9.29b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AT4's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AT4 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.4x
BNR Brenntag
15.6x15.9%€8.5b
HOT HOCHTIEF
13.5x1.9%€9.7b
RAA RATIONAL
40.8x7.1%€9.6b
G1A GEA Group
19.6x8.3%€8.0b
AT4 Applied Industrial Technologies
24.2x6.1%€9.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AT4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the peer average (22.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AT4's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Trade Distributors Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AT4 24.2xIndustry Avg. 14.3xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AT4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the European Trade Distributors industry average (14.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AT4's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AT4 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.2x
Fair PE Ratio16.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AT4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AT4 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€230.00
€278.21
+21.0%
10.1%€308.75€237.50n/a7
Dec ’25€256.00
€265.90
+3.9%
8.3%€300.67€238.63n/a7
Nov ’25€210.00
€241.69
+15.1%
5.7%€263.48€221.88n/a7
Oct ’25€188.00
€205.14
+9.1%
5.1%€219.47€188.12n/a5
Sep ’25€181.00
€200.18
+10.6%
4.6%€211.43€188.94n/a4
Aug ’25€197.00
€198.45
+0.7%
5.3%€215.66€188.13n/a4
Jul ’25€178.00
€201.70
+13.3%
5.3%€219.18€191.20n/a4
Jun ’25€174.00
€201.70
+15.9%
5.3%€219.18€191.20n/a4
May ’25€168.00
€201.70
+20.1%
5.3%€219.18€191.20n/a4
Apr ’25€181.00
€182.02
+0.6%
3.2%€189.73€175.85n/a3
Mar ’25€174.00
€182.02
+4.6%
3.2%€189.73€175.85n/a3
Feb ’25€161.00
€182.02
+13.1%
3.2%€189.73€175.85n/a3
Jan ’25€155.00
€174.14
+12.3%
2.3%€179.82€170.35n/a3
Dec ’24€149.00
€174.14
+16.9%
2.3%€179.82€170.35€256.003
Nov ’24€143.00
€174.14
+21.8%
2.3%€179.82€170.35€210.003
Oct ’24€149.00
€165.29
+10.9%
2.6%€169.57€159.49€188.003
Sep ’24€142.00
€165.29
+16.4%
2.6%€169.57€159.49€181.003
Aug ’24€131.00
€146.39
+11.7%
2.5%€151.44€143.42€197.003
Jul ’24€132.00
€149.90
+13.6%
2.5%€155.07€146.86€178.003
Jun ’24€113.00
€149.30
+32.1%
2.5%€154.45€146.27€174.003
May ’24€122.00
€149.13
+22.2%
2.5%€154.28€146.11€168.003
Apr ’24€127.00
€153.78
+21.1%
2.6%€159.41€150.03€181.003
Mar ’24€134.00
€150.93
+12.6%
2.6%€156.45€147.25€174.003
Feb ’24€132.00
€150.93
+14.3%
2.6%€156.45€147.25€161.003
Jan ’24€117.00
€142.18
+21.5%
4.2%€150.54€137.49€155.003
Dec ’23€126.00
€142.18
+12.8%
4.2%€150.54€137.49€149.003

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 14:28
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. is covered by 22 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David MantheyBaird
Holden LewisBB&T Capital Markets
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