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

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.600-3.900 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analyst Ratings Changes

AOS has been the subject of several recent research reports. StockNews.com downgraded A. O. Smith from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. DA Davidson cut shares of 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. Oppenheimer raised shares of A. O. Smith from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $88.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of A. O. Smith in a report on Saturday, January 18th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of A. O. Smith from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $75.00 to $80.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, A. O. Smith presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $83.14.

A. O. Smith Price Performance

A. O. Smith stock opened at $69.07 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $70.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.60. A. O. Smith has a 12 month low of $67.17 and a 12 month high of $92.44. The company has a market capitalization of $10.01 billion, a PE ratio of 18.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

A. O. Smith Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.34 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.97%. A. O. Smith’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.79%.

A. O. Smith Company Profile

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.