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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$260.90 -0.4%	$234.58	$188.71 ▼ $282.98	$9.94B	0.91	347,814 shs	370,772 shs
AOS A. O. Smith	$70.22 -0.7%	$66.58	$58.83 ▼ $92.45	$9.98B	1.2	1.31 million shs	2.49 million shs
DCI Donaldson	$70.44 -0.5%	$69.77	$57.45 ▼ $78.95	$8.21B	0.98	566,136 shs	340,512 shs
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$255.22 -1.0%	$248.77	$214.66 ▼ $279.13	$74.78B	1.09	995,476 shs	1.03 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	+2.68%	+2.44%	+16.43%	+18.20%	+25.68%
AOS A. O. Smith	+3.86%	+0.30%	+11.83%	+12.03%	-21.59%
DCI Donaldson	+1.22%	-1.18%	+3.62%	+12.82%	-4.77%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	+0.39%	-1.61%	+6.91%	+11.77%	+1.55%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	4.3011 of 5 stars	1.5	5.0	3.3	1.4	3.9	1.7	1.9
AOS A. O. Smith	4.4014 of 5 stars	1.1	5.0	4.2	2.0	2.9	1.7	2.5
DCI Donaldson	3.8474 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	4.2	2.0	2.0	1.7	2.5
ITW Illinois Tool Works	4.6176 of 5 stars	2.0	2.0	4.2	1.2	4.1	3.3	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	3.00	Buy	$285.00	9.24% Upside
AOS A. O. Smith	2.29	Hold	$75.29	7.21% Upside
DCI Donaldson	2.00	Hold	$70.00	-0.62% Downside
ITW Illinois Tool Works	2.08	Hold	$253.83	-0.54% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ITW, AIT, AOS, and DCI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/14/2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$254.00 ➝ $265.00
7/12/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C)
7/9/2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$237.00 ➝ $240.00
7/1/2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$230.00 ➝ $235.00
6/27/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C)
6/24/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$70.00
6/11/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C)
6/6/2025	DCI Donaldson	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$65.00 ➝ $69.00
6/4/2025	DCI Donaldson	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$76.00 ➝ $78.00
5/24/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C)
5/19/2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$252.00 ➝ $249.00

(Data available from 7/18/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$4.48B	2.22	$11.60 per share	22.49	$43.75 per share	5.96
AOS A. O. Smith	$3.82B	2.61	$4.48 per share	15.67	$13.05 per share	5.38
DCI Donaldson	$3.59B	2.29	$4.33 per share	16.28	$12.37 per share	5.69
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$15.90B	4.70	$11.54 per share	22.12	$11.23 per share	22.73

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$385.76M	$9.96	26.19	24.22	3.11	8.64%	22.01%	12.83%	8/13/2025 (Estimated)
AOS A. O. Smith	$533.60M	$3.58	19.61	16.72	1.51	13.74%	28.39%	16.70%	7/24/2025 (Estimated)
DCI Donaldson	$414M	$2.98	23.64	17.65	1.82	9.94%	28.86%	14.63%	8/27/2025 (Estimated)
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$3.49B	$11.37	22.45	22.71	5.43	21.37%	92.77%	19.34%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ITW, AIT, AOS, and DCI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.54	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.01 billion	N/A
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	AOS A. O. Smith	$0.96	N/A	N/A	N/A	$997.89 million	N/A
6/3/2025	Q3 2025	DCI Donaldson	$0.95	$0.99	+$0.04	$0.48	$936.02 million	$940.10 million
5/1/2025	Q3 2025	AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$2.40	$2.57	+$0.17	$2.57	$1.17 billion	$1.17 billion
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.34	$2.38	+$0.04	$2.38	$3.83 billion	$3.84 billion
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	AOS A. O. Smith	$0.90	$0.95	+$0.05	$0.95	$950.56 million	$963.90 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	$1.84	0.71%	N/A	18.47%	16 Years
AOS A. O. Smith	$1.36	1.94%	N/A	37.99%	31 Years
DCI Donaldson	$1.20	1.70%	N/A	40.27%	38 Years
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$6.00	2.35%	N/A	52.77%	55 Years

Latest ITW, AIT, AOS, and DCI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/25/2025	AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	quarterly	$0.46	0.78%	8/15/2025	8/15/2025	8/29/2025
7/7/2025	AOS A. O. Smith	quarterly	$0.34	2%	7/31/2025	7/31/2025	8/15/2025
5/2/2025	ITW Illinois Tool Works	quarterly	$1.50	2.48%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/11/2025
5/30/2025	DCI Donaldson	quarterly	$0.30	1.73%	6/16/2025	6/16/2025	6/30/2025
5/1/2025	AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	quarterly	$0.46	0.76%	5/15/2025	5/15/2025	5/30/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	0.31	3.57	2.51
AOS A. O. Smith	0.14	1.61	1.01
DCI Donaldson	0.44	1.94	1.24
ITW Illinois Tool Works	2.25	1.60	1.16

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	93.52%
AOS A. O. Smith	76.10%
DCI Donaldson	82.81%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	79.77%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	1.67%
AOS A. O. Smith	0.76%
DCI Donaldson	2.70%
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.88%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies	6,500	38.08 million	37.45 million	Optionable
AOS A. O. Smith	12,700	142.11 million	141.03 million	Optionable
DCI Donaldson	14,000	116.52 million	113.37 million	Optionable
ITW Illinois Tool Works	44,000	293.00 million	290.42 million	Optionable

ITW, AIT, AOS, and DCI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Why Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is Poised to Beat Earnings Estimates Again

July 18 at 1:11 PM | zacks.com

Q1 EPS Forecast for Illinois Tool Works Lowered by Analyst

July 18 at 10:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Kingsview Wealth Management LLC Has $5.01 Million Stock Holdings in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 18 at 8:42 AM | marketbeat.com

Bailard Inc. Has $3.85 Million Stake in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 18 at 8:33 AM | marketbeat.com

Burling Wealth Partners LLC Sells 6,977 Shares of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 17 at 9:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) Shares Sold by Richard C. Young & CO. LTD.

July 17 at 9:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Bryn Mawr Capital Management LLC Decreases Stake in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 17 at 6:50 AM | marketbeat.com

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. Makes New $402,000 Investment in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 17 at 6:30 AM | marketbeat.com

OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd Invests $249,000 in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 17 at 5:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Brokerages Set Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) Price Target at $252.83

July 17 at 3:05 AM | americanbankingnews.com

CenterBook Partners LP Has $1.86 Million Stake in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 16 at 10:50 AM | marketbeat.com

Wealthfront Advisers LLC Purchases 2,490 Shares of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 16 at 6:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Whittier Trust Co. Sells 1,122 Shares of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW)

July 16 at 6:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) Price Target Raised to $265.00

July 16 at 2:17 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Illinois Tool Works’ Dividend Growth Makes It a Strong Industrial Stock

July 15 at 11:35 AM | insidermonkey.com

Illinois Tool Works’ Dividend Growth Makes It a Strong Industrial Stock

July 15 at 11:11 AM | msn.com

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) Shares Purchased by Apollon Wealth Management LLC

July 15 at 6:18 AM | marketbeat.com

Citigroup Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) Stock

July 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

3,444 Shares in Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) Bought by Graybill Wealth Management LTD.

July 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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July 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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July 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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ITW, AIT, AOS, and DCI Company Descriptions

Applied Industrial Technologies NYSE:AIT

$260.90 -1.03 (-0.39%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$260.82 -0.08 (-0.03%)

As of 06:04 PM Eastern

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial motion, power, control, and automation technology solutions in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It operates in two segments, Service Center Based Distribution, and Engineered Solutions. The company distributes bearings, power transmission products, engineered fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control solutions, advanced automation products, industrial rubber products, linear motion components, automation solutions, tools, safety products, oilfield supplies, and other industrial and maintenance supplies; and motors, belting, drives, couplings, pumps, hydraulic and pneumatic components, filtration supplies, valves, fittings, process instrumentation, actuators, and hoses, filtration supplies, as well as other related supplies for general operational needs of customers' machinery and equipment. It also operates fabricated rubber shops and service field crews that install, modify, and repair conveyor belts and rubber linings, as well as offer hose assemblies. In addition, the company provides technical support services; engages in the distribution of fluid power and industrial flow control products; advanced automation solutions, including machine vision, robotics, motion control, and smart technologies. It distributes industrial products through a network of service centers. The company serves various industries, including agriculture and food processing, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals, fabricated metals, forest products, industrial machinery and equipment, life sciences, mining, oil and gas, primary metals, technology, transportation, and utilities, as well as government entities. The company was formerly known as Bearings, Inc. and changed its to name to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. in 1997. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

A. O. Smith NYSE:AOS

$70.22 -0.53 (-0.75%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$70.24 +0.02 (+0.02%)

As of 05:00 PM Eastern

A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, heat pumps, tanks, and water treatment products in North America, China, Europe, and India. The company offers water heaters for residences, restaurants, hotels, office buildings, laundries, car washes, and small businesses; boilers for hospitals, schools, hotels, and other large commercial buildings, as well as homes, apartments, and condominiums; and water treatment products comprising point-of-entry water softeners, well water solutions, and whole-home water filtration products, and point-of-use carbon and reverse osmosis products for residences, restaurants, hotels, and offices. It also provides commercial water treatment and filtration product; expansion tanks, commercial solar water heating systems, swimming pool and spa heaters, and related products and parts; and electric wall-hung, gas tankless, combi-boiler, and heat pump and solar water heaters. The company offers its products under the A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar, Hague, Water-Right, Master Water, Atlantic Filter, and Water Tec brands. It distributes its products through independent wholesale plumbing distributors, as well as to retail channels consisting of hardware and home center chains, and manufacturer representative firms; and offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce channels. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Donaldson NYSE:DCI

$70.44 -0.37 (-0.52%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$70.44 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:33 PM Eastern

Donaldson Company, Inc. manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Life Sciences. Its Mobile Solutions segment provides replacement filters for air and liquid filtration applications, such as air filtration systems; liquid filtration systems for fuel, lube, and hydraulic applications; exhaust and emissions systems and sensors; indicators; and monitoring systems. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and transportation markets; and to independent distributors, and OEM dealer networks. The company's Industrial Solutions segment offers dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air and industrial gasses purification systems; and hydraulic and lubricated rotating equipment applications, as well as gas and liquid filtration for industrial processes. This segment sells its products to various distributors, OEMs, and end-users. Its Life Sciences segment provides micro-environment gas and liquid filtration for food, beverage, and industrial processes; bioprocessing equipment, that includes bioreactors and fermenters; and bioprocessing consumables, such as chromatography devices, reagents and filters, and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-based products, as well as specialized air and gas filtration systems for applications, including hard disk drives, semi-conductor manufacturing and sensors, battery systems, and powertrain components to OEMs and various end-users. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Illinois Tool Works NYSE:ITW

$255.22 -2.48 (-0.96%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$255.89 +0.67 (+0.26%)

As of 07:03 PM Eastern

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products. The Automotive OEM segment offers plastic and metal components, fasteners, and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks, and other industrial uses. The Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, refrigeration, cooking, and food processing equipment; kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems; and food equipment maintenance and repair services. The Test & Measurement and Electronics segment produces and sells equipment, consumables, and related software for testing and measuring of materials and structures, as well as equipment and consumables used in the production of electronic subassemblies and microelectronics. The Welding segment produces arc welding equipment; and metal arc welding consumables and related accessories. The Polymers & Fluids segment produces adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The Construction Products segment offers engineered fastening systems and solutions for the residential construction, renovation/remodel, and commercial construction markets. The Specialty Products segment provides beverage packaging equipment and consumables, product coding and marking equipment and consumables, and appliance components and fasteners. It serves the automotive OEM and tiers, MRO, commercial food equipment, construction, general industrial, industrial capital goods, consumer durables, automotive aftermarket end, and other markets. The company distributes its products directly to industrial manufacturers, as well as through independent distributors. Illinois Tool Works Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

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