A. O. Smith Corporation

AOS Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

A. O. Smith Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.8 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 15.0%, free cash flow fell 6.61% and total debt rose 110.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

59.22 0.25 −0.42%
Market cap
$8.1B
P/E
16.5×
Fwd P/E
15.3×
Dividend yield
2.43%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
8.31
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
93/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.11
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 1 1 — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 20.92%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,080.00
Revenue 3,804.90
Net Income 500.30
Free Cash Flow 639.40
Net Debt 456.20
Current Ratio 1.59 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.35 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 16.45
Fwd P/E 15.30
P/S ratio 2.13
P/B ratio 4.41
Past 5Y EPS Growth 12.67%
This Y EPS Growth (3.19%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 8.55%
Next Y revenue growth 1.69%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 4.53%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 4.09%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 3.91%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 10.28%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 8.70%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 2.51%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.40
Annual Dividend Rate 1.44
Annual Dividend Yield 2.43%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.44
0.36
0.36
0.36
2025 1.38
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.36
2024 1.30
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.34
2023 1.52
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.32
2022 1.14
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.30
2021 1.06
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.28
2020 0.98
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.26
2019 0.90
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.24
2018 0.76
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.22
2017 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2016 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 363 276 193 181
Receivables 596 541 582 670
Inventory 497 532 479 483
Other 44 43 37 56
1,500 1,393 1,292 1,389
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 600 589 504 526
ST’ Debt 10 10 42 40
Other 65 67 75 72
945 897 863 872

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.21% 5.76% 0.67%
Cash Flow 5.78% 1.87% 16.37%
Earnings 6.80% 9.63% 32.33%
Book Value 2.56% 0.10% 2.06%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 946 1,004 — — —
’25 964 1,011 943 912 3,830
’24 979 1,024 903 912 3,818
’23 966 961 938 988 3,853
’22 978 966 874 936 3,754
’21 769 860 915 995 3,539
’20 637 664 760 835 2,895
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 129 124 — — —
’25 39 140 255 183 617
’24 107 57 196 222 582
’23 120 140 179 231 670
’22 17 38 160 177 391
’21 104 92 181 264 641
’20 54 125 151 232 562
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 119 114 — — —
’25 17 123 241 166 546
’24 85 35 163 191 474
’23 109 127 160 201 598
’22 4 20 140 157 321
’21 87 78 166 235 566
’20 41 113 139 212 505
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.85 0.91 — — —
’25 0.95 1.07 0.94 0.90 3.85
’24 1.00 1.06 0.82 0.75 3.63
’23 0.84 1.04 0.90 0.92 3.69
’22 0.76 0.81 0.71 (0.78) 1.51
’21 0.60 0.73 0.82 0.87 3.02
’20 0.32 0.42 0.65 0.74 2.12
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 30.15 46.44 40.34 40.38 33.81 52.08 46.58 57.45 67.39 58.83

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 51.49 63.70 68.39 56.66 58.66 86.74 86.10 82.77 92.45 77.31
People
People Employees 15,500 16,100 16,300 15,100 13,900 13,700 12,000 12,000 12,700 11,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.26 0.31 0.32 0.30 0.33
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,686 2,997 3,188 2,993 2,895 3,539 3,754 3,853 3,818 3,830
Gross margin, % 41.48 41.13 40.95 39.45 38.28 37.04 35.42 38.54 38.14 38.83
EBT 463 521 558 472 444 626 224 734 701 715
EBT margin, % 17.22 17.38 17.50 15.78 15.33 17.68 5.96 19.04 18.36 18.67
Net income 327 297 444 370 345 487 236 557 534 546
Depreciation 65 70 72 78 80 78 77 78 79 85
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.37 17.36 18.69 18.09 17.92 22.13 24.25 25.69 26.15 27.16
Earnings 1.85 1.70 2.58 2.22 2.12 3.02 1.51 3.69 3.63 3.85
Cash flow 2.56 1.89 2.63 2.76 3.48 4.01 2.53 4.47 3.99 4.37
Capex (0.46) (0.55) (0.50) (0.39) (0.35) (0.47) (0.45) (0.48) (0.74) (0.50)
Free cash flow 2.09 1.34 2.13 2.37 3.13 3.54 2.07 3.99 3.25 3.87
Book value 8.67 9.53 10.07 10.07 11.44 11.46 11.29 12.30 12.90 13.17
Shares, m 175 173 171 165 162 160 155 150 146 141
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 25.75 36.19 16.55 21.36 25.74 28.43 39.28 22.01 18.79 17.33
P/S 3.09 3.55 2.28 2.63 3.06 3.88 2.43 3.17 2.61 2.46
P/B 5.48 6.46 4.24 4.73 4.79 7.49 5.22 6.62 5.29 5.08
EV/Sales 2.93 3.41 2.15 2.54 2.86 3.76 2.39 3.11 2.59 2.45
EV/FCF 21.50 43.99 18.87 19.44 16.38 23.49 27.97 20.04 20.84 17.20
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 447 326 449 456 562 641 391 670 582 617
Capex (81) (94) (85) (64) (57) (75) (70) (73) (108) (71)
Free cash flow 366 232 364 392 505 566 321 598 474 546
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 796 973 853 734 732 634 700 555 496 429
Total debt 324 410 221 284 113 197 345 127 193 155
Net debt (431) (410) (424) (267) (576) (435) (137) (236) (83) (38)
Shareholders’ equity 1,515 1,645 1,717 1,667 1,848 1,832 1,748 1,844 1,884 1,858
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.83 9.74 14.17 12.07 11.09 14.68 6.93 17.01 16.54 17.11
ROIC 26.04 25.78 26.34 20.77 21.63 27.26 25.56 29.43 24.88 25.00
ROE 22.08 18.76 26.43 21.87 19.62 26.47 13.17 30.99 28.63 29.20
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

A. O. Smith Corporation vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $11.9B 31.1× 26.5× +18.56% (above 0%: growing) +17.28% (above 0%: growing) +53.95% (above 0%: growing) 49.02% 20.18% Compare
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. $11.7B 43.7× 35.5× +10.59% (above 0%: growing) +92.13% (above 0%: growing) +336.44% (above 0%: growing) 44.47% 17.93% Compare
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation $10.4B 31.6× 36.7× +4.16% (above 0%: growing) +47.06% (above 0%: growing) −68.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.25% 13.81% Compare
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. $10.2B 22.5× 19.1× +7.96% (above 0%: growing) +13.27% (above 0%: growing) +23.80% (above 0%: growing) 36.26% 16.68% Compare
FLS Flowserve Corporation $9.0B 24.5× 19.0× −1.59% (below 0%: shrinking) +25.81% (above 0%: growing) −18.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.91% 15.78% Compare
PNR Pentair plc $8.5B 13.3× 14.9× −16.96% (below 0%: shrinking) −11.11% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.20% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.35% 17.85% Compare
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation $8.1B 16.5× 15.3× −0.69% (below 0%: shrinking) −14.95% (below 0%: shrinking) −6.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.61% 18.93%
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC $6.7B 18.2× 23.0× +6.55% (above 0%: growing) +204.55% (above 0%: growing) −18.45% (below 0%: shrinking) 41.00% 13.98% Compare
NPO Enpro Inc. $6.0B 134× 51.3× +17.60% (above 0%: growing) +1.59% (above 0%: growing) −15.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 43.98% 17.03% Compare
Median of peers $9.6B 27.8× 24.8× +7.26% +21.55% −11.36% 41.67% 16.86%

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AOS metrics, ten years each

A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) key facts

  • Strength: Net income was $546.2 million, or $3.85 per share (basic), a net margin of 14.3%.
  • A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • A. O. Smith Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.8 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.
  • As of October 16, 2026, AOS traded at $59.22, a market capitalization of $8.1 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 16.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 4% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • A. O. Smith Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share, a yield of 2.43%, with a payout ratio of 40.0%.
  • Return on equity was 29.2% and debt-to-equity 0.35.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 8.31 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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