A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS) Stock

About A.O. Smith Corporation

A.O. Smith Corporation is led by CEO Stephen Shafer, employs 11,500 people, headquartered in Milwaukee, US, publicly traded since 1983.

A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS) stock trades at $61.65 with a market capitalization of $8.38B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.87, price-to-book of 4.28, price-to-sales of 2.08. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $54.16 and $81.87, and currently trades 24.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.53%.

On profitability, A.O. Smith Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 26.96%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 24.12%, an operating margin of 18.55%, a net profit margin of 13.15%.

A.O. Smith Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 A.O. Smith Corporation reported revenue of $2.7B rising to $3.8B, a change of +42.6% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 5.8% a year over five years, 0.7% over three, 0.3% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $546.0M.

Operating margin went from 17.1% in 2016 to 19.0% in 2025, a gain of 1.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 13.15%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $3.8B and net profit $500.0M.

Borrowings fell from $324.0M to $192.0M, cash from operations was $617.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 25.6% over five years, and was 29.4% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at -0.8% a year over five years, -3.7% over three, -4.0% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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