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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) trades at a price to free cash flow of 12.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.9× (June 2026) to 50.4× (January 2018); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is below the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 23.8× and below the Industrials sector median of 20.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 17.3× (17.81%)
FY2024 21.0× 2.87%
FY2023 20.4× (28.06%)
FY2022 28.4× 17.10%
FY2021 24.3× 38.40%
FY2020 17.5× (12.89%)
FY2019 20.1× 0.45%
FY2018 20.0× (56.23%)
FY2017 45.8× 101.73%
FY2016 22.7× (7.01%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 13.5× (4.48%)
Mar 2026 14.1× (18.47%)
Dec 2025 17.3× (3.86%)
Sep 2025 18.0× (4.31%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.9× High 50.4×
Ten-year median 22.2×
Current reading's percentile 1

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation 12.6×
PNR Pentair plc compare 12.8×
JBTM JBT Marel Corporation compare 17.9×
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC compare 17.9×
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 21.8×
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 21.8×
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. compare 23.2×
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 32.0×
NPO Enpro Inc. compare 40.6×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 23.8×
Industrials sector median 20.6×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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