A share price of A.O. Smith Corp [AOS] is currently trading at $71.18, up 0.86%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AOS shares have gain 6.05% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.58%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, JP Morgan started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on June 24, 2025, and set its price target to $70. On January 14, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $88 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $80 on October 23, 2024. DA Davidson downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $80 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 23, 2024. Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on July 24, 2024, and upped its price target to $98. In a note dated August 07, 2023, Seaport Research Partners initiated a Neutral rating.
A.O. Smith Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $58.83 and $77.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $77 within the next 12 months. A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE: AOS] shares were valued at $71.18 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.18% based on the average AOS price forecast.
Analyzing the AOS fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE:AOS] were 3.83B which represents 4.42% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% 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 0.17, Equity is 0.29 and Total Capital is 0.31. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.12.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for A.O. Smith Corp [NYSE:AOS] is 1.54. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.95 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.59, the price to book ratio is 5.38 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.22.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved STERN JAMES F, Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec, that happened on Aug 07 ’25 when 17434.0 shares were sold. Officer, KEVIN J & CONSTANCE Y WHEELER completed a deal on Jul 30 ’25 to buy 22200.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Chairman Wheeler Kevin J. sold 22200.0 shares on Jul 30 ’25.
