After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AOS belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry. The current market capitalization of A.O. Smith Corp is $9.42B. A total of 1.65 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.29M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, AOS has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 0 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 0 shares during that period but sold 0.
In the most recent transaction, Carver Samuel M. sold 3,460 shares of AOS for 66.51 per share on Feb 27 ’25. After the transaction, the SVP – Global Operations now owns 0 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 07 ’25, Karge Douglas Samuel sold 419 shares at 65.65 per share. AOS shares that SVP – President NA Water Treat owns now total 2,749.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Heideman Robert J disposed of 1,026 shares on Feb 07 ’25 at a per-share price of $65.65. This resulted in the Senior VP, CTO holding 8,889 shares of AOS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Carver Samuel M. sold 14,705 shares at $81.00 per share on Aug 07 ’24. Company shares held by the SVP – Global Operations now total 2,399.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. A.O. Smith Corp pays an annual dividend of $1.32, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.01%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.10. AOS’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.9% when it declared a $0.34 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/31/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/31/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.54%. The AOS stock dividend was $0.34 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for AOS in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $75.50 with high estimates of $84.00 and low estimates of $60.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AOS has a high of $92.44 and a low of $64.55.
As of this writing, AOS has an earnings estimate of $0.9 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 12.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.96 per share and a lower estimate of $0.85.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AOS’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $631.40M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $219.00M in debt and $1.12B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $13.05, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.83B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AOS is Buy with a score of 3.36.
