A. O. Smith Corporation AOS

58.65 0.95 1.65% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$7.8B
P/E
16.3×
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A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) Debt to equity

A. O. Smith Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.3×, up 0.3× from fiscal 2025 (0.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2020) to 0.2× (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is in line with the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 0.3× and in line with the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.1× (18.71%)
FY2024 0.1× 48.70%
FY2023 0.1× (64.99%)
FY2022 0.2× 83.52%
FY2021 0.1× 75.49%
FY2020 0.1× (64.08%)
FY2019 0.2× 32.20%
FY2018 0.1× (48.34%)
FY2017 0.2× 16.81%
FY2016 0.2× 23.75%

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.3× 5.55%
Mar 2026 0.3× 293.17%
Dec 2025 0.1× (17.18%)
Sep 2025 0.1× (38.75%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 0.2×
Ten-year median 0.1×
Current reading's percentile 27

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation 0.3×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 0.4×
JBTM JBT Marel Corporation compare 0.4×
PNR Pentair plc compare 0.4×
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 0.5×
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC compare 0.6×
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 0.7×
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. compare 0.7×
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 0.9×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 0.3×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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