A O Smith

AOS · NYSE · USD

$56.75Change from previous close: +0.14%Absolute change: +$0.08

Close · October 2, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 5, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$7.71B
Enterprise value
$8.21B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
15.8
Forward P/E
14.6
PEG
1.21
Price/book
4.19
Price/sales
2.03
EV/EBITDA
10.5
EV/revenue
2.16

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
38.6%
Operating margin
18.2%
Net margin
13.1%
ROE
27.1%
ROA
12.5%
ROIC
23.0%

Financial health

Total cash
$181.3M
Total debt
$677.2M
Debt/equity
0.37
Current ratio
1.59
Quick ratio
0.98
Altman Z-Score
6.56
Piotroski F-Score
5.00

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$1.44
Dividend yield
2.5%
Payout ratio
40.1%
Ex-dividend date
July 31, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$69.91
Analysts with a price target
13
Consensus
Hold

Shares and trading

Beta
1.11
Average volume
1.49M
Shares outstanding
135.91M
Float
108.25M
Institutional ownership
95.5%
Insider ownership
0.6%
Short interest (% of float)
9.8%
Short ratio (days)
8.20