At the time of writing, A.O. Smith Corp [AOS] stock is trading at $65.04, up 0.15%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The AOS shares have gain 2.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.95%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE: AOS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 24, 2025, when JP Morgan initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $70. Previously, Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 14, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $88. On October 23, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $80 on the stock. DA Davidson downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $80 on October 23, 2024. Stifel upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $98 on July 24, 2024. In a note dated January 17, 2023, Loop Capital downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $67 to $65.
For the past year, the stock price of A.O. Smith Corp fluctuated between $58.83 and $92.44. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81 within the next 12 months. A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE: AOS] shares were valued at $65.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 24.54% based on the average AOS price forecast.
Analyzing the AOS fundamentals
According to A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE:AOS], the company’s sales were 3.80B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -1.52% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.16, Equity is 0.28 and Total Capital is 0.3. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.16.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 64.58 points at the first support level, and at 64.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 65.39, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 65.74.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE:AOS] has a current ratio of 1.61. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.01, while the Cash Ratio is 0.2. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.43, the price to book ratio is 5.06 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.19.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Carver Samuel M., SVP – Global Operations, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 3460.0 shares were sold. SVP – President NA Water Treat, Karge Douglas Samuel completed a deal on Feb 07 ’25 to sell 419.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior VP, CTO Heideman Robert J sold 1026.0 shares on Feb 07 ’25.
