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 5 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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8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for A. O. Smith's shares. Their AOS share price forecasts range from $54.00 to $71.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $61.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $85.85 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AOS stock has decreased by 30.8% and is now trading at $59.43.
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A. O. Smith saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,560,000 shares, a drop of 13.3% from the October 31st total of 6,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,180,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.69. The industrial products company had revenue of $874.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $874.04 million. A. O. Smith had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.67% and a net margin of 12.99%. A. O. Smith's revenue was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS.
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A. O. Smith announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 12th. Investors of record on Monday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 28th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28.
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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 1.99%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.50% 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 created shares were issued 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.05-$3.15 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.71 billion-$3.79 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.77 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 shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.59%), BlackRock Inc. (6.70%), State Street Corp (5.76%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.62%), Pictet Asset Management SA (2.34%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (1.77%). 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 $59.43.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $9.08 billion and generates $3.54 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $487.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.15 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.