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AOS vs. AIT, ALG, ALLE, AZZ, ENS, FLS, GGG, GWW, IEX, and IR

Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Alamo Group (ALG), Allegion (ALLE), AZZ (AZZ), Enersys (ENS), Flowserve (FLS), Graco (GGG), W.W. Grainger (GWW), IDEX (IEX), and Ingersoll Rand (IR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

A. O. Smith vs. Its Competitors

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

A. O. Smith has a net margin of 13.68% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 28.42% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Applied Industrial Technologies8.61% 21.78% 12.74%
A. O. Smith 13.68%28.42%16.52%

Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. A. O. Smith has a consensus target price of $77.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.88%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than A. O. Smith.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
A. O. Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A. O. Smith pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and A. O. Smith has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. A. O. Smith is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 12 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for A. O. Smith and 14 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat A. O. Smith's score of 1.26 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Applied Industrial Technologies
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
A. O. Smith
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

A. O. Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. A. O. Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.14$392.99M$10.1225.62
A. O. Smith$3.82B2.68$533.60M$3.5920.37

93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats A. O. Smith on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AOS vs. The Competition

MetricA. O. SmithMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.25B$25.17B$7.71B$21.49B
Dividend Yield1.86%0.93%4.56%3.49%
P/E Ratio20.3720.71305.8829.86
Price / Sales2.6833.18216.3152.64
Price / Cash16.8721.4928.9224.78
Price / Book5.604.114.644.54
Net Income$533.60M$702.35M$798.53M$999.97M
7 Day Performance0.93%2.46%1.10%1.45%
1 Month Performance1.31%3.53%1.82%4.68%
1 Year Performance-11.33%5.24%24.83%14.12%

A. O. Smith Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.7077 of 5 stars
$73.13
-0.7%
$77.43
+5.9%
-9.9%$10.25B$3.82B20.3712,700Trending News
Analyst Revision
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.8384 of 5 stars
$265.81
+0.1%
$285.00
+7.2%
+25.8%$10.03B$4.56B26.276,800Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
4.3414 of 5 stars
$211.48
+1.1%
$234.00
+10.6%
+15.0%$2.56B$1.63B21.543,750Positive News
ALLE
Allegion
4.7688 of 5 stars
$173.13
+0.7%
$166.75
-3.7%
+24.1%$14.86B$3.77B24.0514,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AZZ
AZZ
3.9464 of 5 stars
$115.22
-1.5%
$112.29
-2.5%
+45.5%$3.46B$1.58B13.353,684Analyst Forecast
ENS
Enersys
4.0392 of 5 stars
$104.40
+0.5%
$118.33
+13.3%
+7.6%$3.91B$3.62B11.9210,858Positive News
FLS
Flowserve
4.4925 of 5 stars
$55.57
+0.7%
$65.78
+18.4%
+20.5%$7.27B$4.56B25.1516,000Positive News
GGG
Graco
4.2333 of 5 stars
$85.89
+0.0%
$94.50
+10.0%
+0.9%$14.23B$2.11B30.464,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.4244 of 5 stars
$997.44
+0.4%
$1,069.13
+7.2%
-1.4%$47.71B$17.17B25.3126,000Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.9606 of 5 stars
$164.06
-0.5%
$201.71
+23.0%
-19.2%$12.35B$3.27B26.509,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.74 of 5 stars
$80.26
-0.9%
$97.75
+21.8%
-14.6%$31.90B$7.24B62.7021,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AOS) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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