A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS): Price and Financial Metrics

AOS POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where AOS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.87% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AOS is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 26 weeks.
• AOS's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 38.6% of US stocks).

AOS Stock Summary

• SMITH A O CORP's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.92% of US equities in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -50.02%, SMITH A O CORP's debt growth rate surpasses merely 5.04% of about US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, AOS is more volatile than merely 11.2% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to SMITH A O CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be POOL, JLL, FIX, WTS, and RLI.
• AOS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit SMITH A O CORP's official web site, go to www.aosmith.com.

AOS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, AOS's price/earnings ratio is 81.42% higher, now standing at 41.
• Over the past 243 months, AOS's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 22.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AOS.

AOS Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 41.82%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 17.54%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 13.2%.

Over the past 34 months, AOS's revenue has gone up $872,500,000.

The table below shows AOS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	3,753.9	391.4	235.7
2022-09-30	3,813.3	479	495.4
2022-06-30	3,853.7	499.5	517.2
2022-03-31	3,747.6	553.2	509.2
2021-12-31	3,538.9	641.1	487.1
2021-09-30	3,377.9	608.5	467.5

AOS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AOS has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 97.8% of graded US stocks.
• AOS's asset turnover comes in at 1.063 -- ranking 22nd of 50 Consumer Goods stocks.
• FLXS, CHD, and WHR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AOS.

The table below shows AOS's key quality metrics over time.