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

9 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, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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9 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for A. O. Smith's shares. Their AOS share price forecasts range from $55.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $67.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $57.24 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AOS stock has increased by 20.2% and is now trading at $68.79.
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A. O. Smith saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,300,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the April 30th total of 5,650,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days. Currently, 4.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.17. The industrial products company earned $966.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $922.05 million. A. O. Smith had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.78% and a net margin of 6.49%. The firm's revenue was down 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.77 earnings per share.
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A. O. Smith declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 28th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, May 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 27th.
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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 1.72%. 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 75.95%. 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 32.35% 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 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 closing bell 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 FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.30-$3.50 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.68 billion-$3.83 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.74 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.52%), State Street Corp (5.83%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.67%), Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (2.26%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.94%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (1.88%). 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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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 $68.79.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $10.35 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 $1.58 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.