AOS AO

AOS A.O. Smith Corporation

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

8 · Strong Momentum 1.0 · Weak Safe Aristocrat Reports ~Oct 27

58.65

+1.65%

About the company

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, homes, apartments, and condominiums, and other large commercial buildings; 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. It also provides commercial water treatment and filtration products; expansion tanks, commercial solar water heating systems, swimming pool and spa heaters, and related products and parts; and electric wall-hung, gas tankless, combi-boiler, and heat pump and solar water heaters. The company offers its products under the A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar, Hague, Water-Right, Master Water, Atlantic Filter, Impact, and Water Tec brands. It distributes its products through independent wholesale plumbing distributors, as well as to retail channels consisting of hardware and home center chains, and manufacturer representative firms, as well as offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce channels; and A. O. Smith branded water treatment products through dealer network and Amazon. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2.46%
40.11%
1.44
8.0B
16.34
3.59
64.67

52-week range

58.6
low 54.2 high 81.9
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS) operates in the Specialty Industrial Machinery sector within Industrials. The company has a dividend yield of 2.52%, which is above its 5-year average yield of 1.73% and its 5-year high of 2.01%. It holds a rating score of 8.0. The stock currently shows a momentum score of 0.0, indicating a weak recent price trend, while its value score is 8.3, suggesting it may be considered cheap by some valuation models.

Dividend history

A.O. Smith Corporation has a history of consistently increasing its dividend for 28 consecutive years, earning it a "champion" tier status. Over the past three years, the dividend grew at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6.69%, and over five years, it grew at 7.21%. Annual dividends per share have been: 0.30 USD (2014), 0.38 USD (2015), 0.48 USD (2016), 0.56 USD (2017), 0.72 USD (2018), 0.88 USD (2019), 0.96 USD (2020), 1.04 USD (2021), 1.12 USD (2022), 1.20 USD (2023), 1.28 USD (2024), and 1.36 USD (2025).

Dividend safety

The dividend safety status for A.O. Smith Corporation is assessed as "safe." The company's payout ratio stands at 40.11% of earnings, indicating solid coverage for its dividend.

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Price history

89.8 69.2 48.6 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 49.0 2020-09 · 52.8 2020-10 · 51.7 2020-11 · 56.3 2020-12 · 54.8 2021-01 · 54.3 2021-02 · 59.4 2021-03 · 67.6 2021-04 · 67.8 2021-05 · 71.1 2021-06 · 72.1 2021-07 · 70.3 2021-08 · 72.7 2021-09 · 61.1 2021-10 · 73.1 2021-11 · 79.0 2021-12 · 85.8 2022-01 · 76.4 2022-02 · 68.6 2022-03 · 63.9 2022-04 · 58.4 2022-05 · 60.1 2022-06 · 54.7 2022-07 · 63.3 2022-08 · 56.5 2022-09 · 48.6 2022-10 · 54.8 2022-11 · 60.7 2022-12 · 57.2 2023-01 · 67.7 2023-02 · 65.6 2023-03 · 69.2 2023-04 · 68.3 2023-05 · 63.9 2023-06 · 72.8 2023-07 · 72.6 2023-08 · 72.5 2023-09 · 66.1 2023-10 · 69.8 2023-11 · 75.4 2023-12 · 82.4 2024-01 · 77.6 2024-02 · 82.9 2024-03 · 89.5 2024-04 · 82.8 2024-05 · 83.6 2024-06 · 81.8 2024-07 · 85.0 2024-08 · 83.7 2024-09 · 89.8 2024-10 · 75.1 2024-11 · 74.5 2024-12 · 68.2 2025-01 · 67.3 2025-02 · 66.5 2025-03 · 65.4 2025-04 · 67.9 2025-05 · 64.3 2025-06 · 65.6 2025-07 · 70.8 2025-08 · 71.3 2025-09 · 73.4 2025-10 · 66.0 2025-11 · 66.0 2025-12 · 66.9 2026-01 · 73.5 2026-02 · 78.0 2026-03 · 65.9 2026-04 · 61.8 2026-05 · 56.7 2026-06 · 62.7 2026-07 · 60.5
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+6.0%
CAGR 3y
+6.7%
+7.2%
28 years

(5-year)

Now 2.5%
1.5% avg 1.7% 2.0%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +6.7% CAGR 5y +7.2% 28y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

35.0%
1.56
0.95
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
656.9M USD
Total cash
203.9M USD
795.3M USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 1 investor

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