A. O. Smith Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for A. O. Smith in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" A. O. Smith stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AOS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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A. O. Smith saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,730,000 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the July 15th total of 4,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 942,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.0 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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A. O. Smith is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The industrial products company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $859.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $825.48 million. A. O. Smith had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.38% and a net margin of 13.69%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.45 earnings per share.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $39.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AOS stock has increased by 69.6% and is now trading at $67.78.
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A. O. Smith declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 30th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Monday, August 16th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 29th.
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A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.52%. A. O. Smith has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of A. O. Smith is 48.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, A. O. Smith will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.20% next year. This indicates that A. O. Smith will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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A. O. Smith shares 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 A. O. Smith stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

A. O. Smith updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.700-$2.760 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.700. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

6 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for A. O. Smith's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate A. O. Smith's share price to reach $63.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%.
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10 employees have rated A. O. Smith CEO Kevin J. Wheeler on Glassdoor.com. Kevin J. Wheeler has an approval rating of 82% among A. O. Smith'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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.49%), BlackRock Inc. (6.89%), State Street Corp (5.37%), Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (2.49%), Invesco Ltd. (1.75%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.63%). Company insiders that own A. O. Smith stock include Ajita G Rajendra, Bruce M Smith, Daniel L Kempken, David R Warren, Gene C Wulf, Idelle K Wolf, James F Stern, Mark A Petrarca, Mark D Smith, Mark R Allen, Patricia K Ackerman, Paul W Jones, Robert J Heideman, Ronald D Brown and Wallace E Goodwin.
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AOS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., State Street Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Mackenzie Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold A. O. Smith company stock in the last year include Ajita G Rajendra, Bruce M Smith, Daniel L Kempken, David R Warren, Gene C Wulf, Idelle K Wolf, James F Stern, Mark A Petrarca, Mark R Allen, Patricia K Ackerman, Paul W Jones, Robert J Heideman, Ronald D Brown, and Wallace E Goodwin.
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AOS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Macquarie Group Ltd., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Impax Asset Management Group plc, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Electron Capital Partners LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, and American Century Companies Inc..
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One share of AOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.78.

A. O. Smith has a market capitalization of $10.79 billion and generates $2.90 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $344.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.16 on an earnings per share basis.

A. O. Smith employs 13,900 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of A. O. Smith: A. O. Smith (China) Environmental Products Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith (China) Investment Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith (China) Water Heater Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith (China) Water Products Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith (Hong Kong) Limited, A. O. Smith (Shanghai) HVAC Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith (Wuhan) HVAC Co. Ltd., A. O. Smith Enterprises Ltd., A. O. Smith Holdings (Barbados) SRL, A. O. Smith India Water Products Private Limited, A. O. Smith L’eau chaude S.a.r.l., A. O. Smith Vietnam Company Limited, A. O. Smith Water FZE, A. O. Smith Water Treatment (North America) Inc., A.O. Smith (Shanghai) Water Treatment Products Co., A.O. Smith Electrical Products, A.O. Smith Holdings I B.V., A.O. Smith Holdings II B.V., A.O. Smith Holdings III B.V., A.O. Smith International Holdings B.V., A.O. Smith Products v.o.f., A.O. Smith Water Products Company B.V., AO Smith Su Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi, AOS Holding Company, American Water Heater Company, Applied Energy Recovery Systems, Aquasana Inc., Clean Water Testing LLC, GSW Inc., Hague, Hague Europe LLC, Hague Quality Water, Lochinvar LLC, Lochinvar Limited, Mineral-Right Inc, Products de Agua S. de R.L. de C.V., SICO Acquisition LLC, State Industries LLC., Takagi - A. O. Smith Tankless Water Heater Company LLC, Water-Right Financial Services LLC, Water-Right Inc, Water-Right Services LLC, Waterboss Europe SRL, William R. Hague Inc., and Yueyang Zhongmin Special Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd.

A. O. Smith was founded in 1874.

The official website for A. O. Smith is www.aosmith.com.

A. O. Smith is headquartered at 11270 WEST PARK PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53224.

A. O. Smith's mailing address is 11270 WEST PARK PLACE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53224. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (414) 359-4000 or via email at [email protected]