A. O. Smith (AOS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for A. O. Smith in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "reduce" AOS shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for A. O. Smith's stock. Their AOS share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $70.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $57.24 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AOS shares have increased by 16.8% and is now trading at $66.85.
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A. O. Smith saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,320,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the August 31st total of 3,020,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 904,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.10. The industrial products company had revenue of $960.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $961.17 million. A. O. Smith had a net margin of 7.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.73%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS.
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A. O. Smith declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) stock in their portfolio include Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU), Subversive Food Security ETF (KCAL), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), Profound Medical (PRN), BTD Capital Fund (DIP) and SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB).

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.83%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 31 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 66.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.09% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of A. O. Smith split on the morning of Thursday, October 6th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, September 7th 2016. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, October 5th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

A. O. Smith issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.45-$3.60 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.75 billion-$3.83 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.78 billion.

10 employees have rated A. O. Smith Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. Wheeler on Glassdoor.com. Kevin J. Wheeler has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

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A. O. Smith trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AOS."

A. O. Smith's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.01%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (5.42%), State Street Corp (5.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%), Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (1.92%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (1.66%). Insiders that own company stock include Ajita G Rajendra, Benjamin A Otchere, Bruce M Smith, Daniel L Kempken, David R Warren, Gene C Wulf, Idelle K Wolf, James F Stern, Kevin J Wheeler, Mark A Petrarca, Mark R Allen, Michael M Larsen, Patricia K Ackerman, Paul W Jones, Robert J Heideman, Ronald D Brown, Samuel M Carver and Wallace E Goodwin.
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Shares of AOS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.85.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $10.06 billion and generates $3.75 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $235.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,000 workers across the globe.

A. O. Smith's mailing address is 11270 WEST PARK PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53224. The official website for the company is www.aosmith.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (414) 359-4000, via email at packerman@aosmith.com, or via fax at 414-359-4115.