A. O. Smith - AOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street 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 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AOS shares. 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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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for A. O. Smith's shares. Their AOS share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $71.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $64.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.3%.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $57.24 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AOS shares have increased by 20.6% and is now trading at $69.05.
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A. O. Smith saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,550,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the December 31st total of 5,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 5.3% 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, April 27th 2023.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.07. The industrial products company had revenue of $936.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $913.51 million. A. O. Smith had a net margin of 6.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.54%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.87 earnings per share.
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A. O. Smith announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, February 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 30th.
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A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.70%. 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 80.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, AOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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A. O. Smith's stock split before market open on Thursday, October 6th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, September 7th 2016. The newly minted 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 updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.15-$3.45 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.18. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.640-$3.865 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.70 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include ProShare Advisors LLC (2.11%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.43%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.38%), Boston Financial Mangement LLC (0.36%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.34%) and Pembroke Management LTD (0.30%). 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, Mark A Petrarca, Mark D Smith, 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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One share of AOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.05.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $10.55 billion and generates $3.75 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $487.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 13,700 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.