A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.600-3.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.020. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.8 billion-$3.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.0 billion.

A. O. Smith Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AOS traded down $2.80 during trading on Thursday, hitting $66.43. The company had a trading volume of 425,383 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,247,387. A. O. Smith has a 52 week low of $65.53 and a 52 week high of $92.44. The business’s 50-day moving average is $70.95 and its 200 day moving average is $77.60. The company has a market cap of $9.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.51, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.67.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The industrial products company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by ($0.05). A. O. Smith had a return on equity of 30.09% and a net margin of 14.41%. Equities research analysts predict that A. O. Smith will post 3.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

A. O. Smith Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be issued a $0.34 dividend. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. A. O. Smith’s payout ratio is 35.79%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AOS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of A. O. Smith from $91.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. DA Davidson cut A. O. Smith from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $80.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on A. O. Smith from $82.00 to $81.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup decreased their price objective on A. O. Smith from $78.00 to $73.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Oppenheimer upgraded A. O. Smith from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $88.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, A. O. Smith presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $83.14.

About A. O. Smith

A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, heat pumps, tanks, and water treatment products in North America, China, Europe, and India. The company offers water heaters for residences, restaurants, hotels, office buildings, laundries, car washes, and small businesses; boilers for hospitals, schools, hotels, and other large commercial buildings, as well as homes, apartments, and condominiums; and water treatment products comprising point-of-entry water softeners, well water solutions, and whole-home water filtration products, and point-of-use carbon and reverse osmosis products for residences, restaurants, hotels, and offices.