How do you interpret service center based distribution — operating income?

Higher operating income reflects improved margins, better cost control, or favorable product mix, whereas a decline may signal rising operational costs or pricing pressure.

How does service center based distribution — operating income compare across companies?

Comparable to segment operating income reported by diversified industrial distributors and logistics-heavy firms.

Applied Industrial Technologies AIT Service Center Based Distribution — Operating Income

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '20

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.3B+7.3%

Gross profit$380.8M+7.2%

Operating income$137.9M+6.6%

Net income$99.8M0.0%

EPS (diluted)$2.65+3.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$171.6M-51.4%

Total debt$365.3M-36.2%

Total equity$1.9B+1.8%

Total assets$3.0B-4.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$100.1M-18.2%

CapEx$4.7M-37.3%

Free cash flow$95.4M-17.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.49B+14.4%

Enterprise value$12.68B+13.8%

P/E30.9×+2.9×

P/S2.6×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.4%+0.1pp

Operating margin10.9%-0.3pp

Net margin8.3%-0.3pp

FCF margin9.1%-0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.9%-0.3pp

Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×

Current ratio2.9×-0.6×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Applied Industrial Technologies in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.

The official record: Applied Industrial Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does service center based distribution — operating income mean?: The operating profit or loss generated specifically by the service center distribution segment.
How do you interpret service center based distribution — operating income?: Higher operating income reflects improved margins, better cost control, or favorable product mix, whereas a decline may signal rising operational costs or pricing pressure.
How does service center based distribution — operating income compare across companies?: Comparable to segment operating income reported by diversified industrial distributors and logistics-heavy firms.