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) Free cash flow margin

A. O. Smith Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.8%, up 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.75% (fiscal 2017) to 17.5% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 9.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.3% 1.85
FY2024 12.4% (3.10)
FY2023 15.5% 6.96
FY2022 8.55% (7.44)
FY2021 16.0% (1.46)
FY2020 17.5% 4.36
FY2019 13.1% 1.68
FY2018 11.4% 3.66
FY2017 7.75% (5.87)
FY2016 13.6% 2.62

Against its own ten years

Low 7.75% High 17.5%
Ten-year median 13.1%
Current reading's percentile 73

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
PNR Pentair plc compare 16.8%
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation 16.8%
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 13.2%
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. compare 11.2%
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC compare 10.8%
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 9.32%
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 8.61%
JBTM JBT Marel Corporation compare 8.17%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 7.89%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 9.51%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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