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

AOS POWR Grades

• AOS scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 97.65% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AOS is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• AOS ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 40th percentile.

AOS Stock Summary

• Smith A O Corp's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.84% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of Smith A O Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.61% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 48.37%, Smith A O Corp's debt growth rate surpasses 83.16% of about US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Smith A O Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be UAA, FND, AAP, COLM, and MHK.
• Visit AOS's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.aosmith.com.

AOS Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, AOS's price/sales ratio is 105.88% higher, now standing at 3.5.
• Over the past 243 months, AOS's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 7.1.
• AOS's price/sales ratio has moved up 3.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AOS.

AOS Growth Metrics

The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 8.52%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 60.7%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 29.91%.

AOS's revenue has moved up $984,000,000 over the prior 70 months.

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
2021-12-31	3,538.9	641.1	487.1
2021-09-30	3,377.9	608.5	467.5
2021-06-30	3,223.3	578.8	441.3
2021-03-31	3,027.4	612.4	390.9
2020-12-31	2,895.3	562.1	344.9
2020-09-30	2,811.7	506.6	316.2

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.