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 97.75% of US stocks.
• AOS's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 177 days.
• AOS ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 52nd percentile.

AOS Stock Summary

• AOS's went public 37.76 years ago, making it older than 93.16% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -27.82%, SMITH A O CORP's debt growth rate surpasses just 11.53% of about US stocks.
• The volatility of SMITH A O CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 12.34% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to SMITH A O CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be AIT, AIZ, POOL, JLL, and EME.
• 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/sales ratio is 42.11% higher, now standing at 2.7.
• AOS's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 22 over the prior 243 months.

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.