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

8 Wall Street 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 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 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for A. O. Smith's shares. Their AOS share price forecasts range from $58.00 to $100.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $70.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.1% from the stock's current price.
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A. O. Smith's stock was trading at $85.85 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AOS shares have decreased by 42.5% and is now trading at $49.33.
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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 6,670,000 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the August 31st total of 5,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 985,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.8 days. Currently, 5.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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A. O. Smith Co. (NYSE:AOS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 28th. The industrial products company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $965.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $959.82 million. A. O. Smith had a net margin of 13.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.47%. The business's revenue was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share.
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A. O. Smith announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 29th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, August 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 28th.
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A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.27%. 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 34.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.35% 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 before market open on Thursday, October 6th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, September 7th 2016. The newly created shares were payable 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 issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.35-$3.55 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.50. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.96 billion-$4.04 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.04 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.55%), Pictet Asset Management SA (2.81%), Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (2.22%), ProShare Advisors LLC (1.66%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.42%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.06%). 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 $49.33.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $7.62 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 $3.26 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.