AIT vs BCC vs WY Stock Comparison

Applied Industrial Technologies, Boise Cascade and Weyerhaeuser Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BCC BOISE CASCADE Co
$77.76 0.0% 1M +8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.65B
P/E
25.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.46B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Distribution Industrials
2 wins
WY Weyerhaeuser Co
$19.49 -7.9% 1M -18.3% 1Y
Market cap
$14.12B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.85B
Div. yield
0.04%
Lumber Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Applied Industrial Technologies leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Applied Industrial Technologies 8, Weyerhaeuser 2, Boise Cascade 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAITBCCWYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.17B $2.65B $14.12B WY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.4x 25.1x 29.9x BCC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.7x 20.5x 69.6x BCC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.8% -1.5% -2.6% AIT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.3% 1.6% 6.9% AIT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.2% 4.6% 5.7% AIT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.4x 3.6x AIT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% WY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.9% +8.0% -18.3% AIT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +26.0%/yr +5.9%/yr -12.1%/yr AIT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.1% 37.9% 27.5% AIT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 52/100 44/100 AIT

Percentile Scorecard

AITBCCWY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAITBCCWY
Valuation 20 #37 of 46 87 #7 of 46 51 #142 of 287
Growth 58 #17 of 39 8 #36 of 39 26 #198 of 267
Profitability 95 #3 of 40 49 #21 of 40 50 #121 of 240
Financial Health 88 #7 of 49 75 #13 of 49 39 #180 of 295
Shareholder Returns 77 #8 of 32 42 #19 of 32 54 #94 of 204
Overall 68 52 44
  • AIT ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • BCC ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • WY ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAITBCCWYSPY
1 month -5.0%0.0%-7.9% -1.0%
3 months -8.7%-0.2%-18.6% +2.9%
6 months +8.1%-7.6%-22.1% +6.4%
Year to date +23.5%+5.7%-17.7% +11.4%
1 year +21.9%+8.0%-18.3% +13.1%
3 years +106.3%-15.2%-32.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +27.3%-5.3%-12.4% +21.5%
5 years +216.7%+33.3%-47.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +26.0%+5.9%-12.1% +10.9%
10 years +607.4%+231.2%-37.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +21.6%+12.7%-4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAITBCCWYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.1%37.9%27.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.9%30.9%25.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.810.930.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.840.21-0.67 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.5%-57.3%-56.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.5%-14.6%-28.1% -2.5%
52-week high $362.17$91.03$27.10 $779.14
52-week low $240.63$65.47$18.48 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAITBCCWY
P/E now vs peer median 28.6xmedian 25.9x 25.9xmedian 25.9x 29.8xmedian 17.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.0x 0.4xmedian 1.0x 2.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 13.0x 8.7xmedian 13.0x 14.0xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.3xmedian 23.0x 26.3xmedian 23.0x -31.4xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 2.4x 1.3xmedian 2.4x 1.5xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 3.87median 2.37 -0.63median 2.37 -2.49median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAITBCCWY
Revenue $4.97B $6.46B $6.85B
Gross profit $1.51B $1.07B $994.00M
Operating income $549.47M $160.04M $844.00M
Net income $414.53M $105.69M $472.00M
Free cash flow $460.52M $103.31M -$447.00M
R&D – – $5.00M
EPS (diluted) $10.95 $3.00 $0.65
Cash & equivalents – $304.82M $527.00M
Total debt $1.77B $1.79B $5.43B
Shares (diluted) 37.86M 35.23M 721.90M
Enterprise value $12.04B $1.02B $12.43B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAITBCCWY
P/E 28.6x 25.9x 29.8x
P/FCF 25.3x 26.3x -31.4x
P/Operating cash flow 24.1x 9.8x 25.7x
P/S 2.3x 0.4x 2.0x
P/B 6.3x 1.3x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 7.5x 1.4x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 19.2x 8.7x 14.0x
EV/EBIT 21.5x 17.9x 22.4x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 0.4x 2.8x
EV/FCF 25.6x 27.7x -42.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.4x 10.4x 34.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.87 -0.63 -2.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAITBCCWY
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.8% -1.5% -2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.0% -3.3% -4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.9% -10.7% -18.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.4% -11.5% -18.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.2% -53.6% 46.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.1% -40.8% -12.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.5% -59.7% 69.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.1% -43.3% -12.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.2% -56.8% 69.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -40.9% -12.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.7% 0.7% -40.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.1% -32.5% -26.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.0% 844.4% -263.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.2% -48.4% -36.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAITBCCWY
Gross margin 30.3% 16.5% 14.5%
EBITDA margin 12.4% 5.1% 19.8%
Operating margin 11.1% 2.5% 12.3%
Pretax margin 11.0% 2.3% 5.5%
Net margin 8.3% 1.6% 6.9%
FCF margin 9.3% 1.6% -6.5%
Operating cash flow margin 9.7% 4.3% 8.0%
Return on equity 22.3% 5.2% 5.0%
Return on assets 13.8% 3.1% 2.9%
Return on invested capital 19.2% 4.6% 5.7%
Return on capital employed 23.0% 5.9% 5.4%
Asset turnover 1.7x 1.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 2.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAITBCCWY
Debt / assets 8.7% 13.2% 32.9%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.4x 3.6x
Debt / FCF 0.6x 4.3x -12.1x
Liabilities / assets 38.1% 40.2% 42.7%
Equity / assets 61.9% 59.8% 57.3%
Interest coverage – 6.5x 3.1x
Current ratio 2.6x 2.7x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.6x 1.3x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 10.03 4.26 1.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAITBCCWY
Dividend yield 0.6% 1.1% 4.3%
Net buyback yield 2.7% 7.6% 0.4%
Shareholder yield 3.3% 8.7% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 17.5% 32.5% 128.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 15.8% 33.2% -135.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 14.0% -85.0% 1.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.7% -42.8% -20.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAITBCCWY
Forward P/E 24.7xFY2027 20.5xFY2026 69.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.83FY2027 $3.80FY2026 $0.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.2%FY2027 +7.6%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% +32.1% +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.91BFY2027 $6.80BFY2026 $7.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.1%FY2027 +6.3%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.4% +4.2% -2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAITBCCWY
Held by institutions 94.4% 96.0% 90.2%
Institutions holding 617 333 903
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% -0.4% +2.1%
Institutions buying 326 164 432
Institutions selling 207 128 318
Buyers to sellers 1.57 1.28 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AITBCCWY
AIT 1.00 0.51 0.26
BCC 0.51 1.00 0.62
WY 0.26 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AIT, BCC and WY?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) $12.17B, Boise Cascade (BCC) $2.65B, Weyerhaeuser (WY) $14.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, AIT, BCC and WY?

Boise Cascade (BCC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 29.4x, Boise Cascade (BCC) 25.1x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 29.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boise Cascade (BCC) is cheapest (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 24.7x, Boise Cascade (BCC) 20.5x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 69.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) +8.8%, Boise Cascade (BCC) -1.5%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) has the highest net margin (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 8.3%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 1.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.9%). On return on invested capital, Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) leads (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 19.2%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 4.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) returned the most: Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) +21.9%, Boise Cascade (BCC) +8.0%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -18.3%. Over five years, Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) compounded fastest (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) +26.0%/yr, Boise Cascade (BCC) +5.9%/yr, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest dividend yield: Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 0.01%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 0.01%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) has been the steadiest (Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 26.1%, Boise Cascade (BCC) 37.9%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AIT, BCC and WY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.