A. O. Smith (3SM) Stock Overview

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. More details

3SM fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 40.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 5.77% per year

Earnings have grown 6% per year over the past 5 years

Pays a reliable dividend of 2.52%

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 23.1%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for A. O. Smith
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$54.06
52 Week High	US$54.06
52 Week Low	US$50.70
Beta	1.17
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	10.81%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	3SM	DE Building	DE Market
7D	n/a	-0.7%	-2.6%
1Y	n/a	-4.9%	-1.4%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 3SM performed against the German Building industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 3SM performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is 3SM's price volatile compared to industry and market?
3SM volatility
3SM Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Building Industry Average Movement	3.9%
Market Average Movement	5.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	13.2%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: 3SM's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 3SM's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1874	11,500	Steve Shafer	www.aosmith.com

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.

A. O. Smith Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do A. O. Smith's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
3SM fundamental statistics
Market cap	€7.07b
Earnings (TTM)	€457.06m
Revenue (TTM)	€3.30b

14.9x

P/E Ratio

2.1x

P/S Ratio

Is 3SM overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
3SM income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$3.81b
Cost of Revenue	US$2.33b
Gross Profit	US$1.48b
Other Expenses	US$950.10m
Earnings	US$527.60m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	3.83
Gross Margin	38.77%
Net Profit Margin	13.84%
Debt/Equity Ratio	32.8%

How did 3SM perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.5%

Current Dividend Yield

37%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/10 13:39
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/10 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

A. O. Smith Corporation is covered by 29 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Michael Halloran	Baird
Charles Brady	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Martin Mauro	BofA Global Research