A.O. Smith Corp (AOS): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.46M but it saw 1383863 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 9.57B USD, the company’s current market price of $67.37 came rising about 0.37 while comparing to the previous closing price of $67.12. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $92.44 and as low as $58.83.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Oppenheimer which upgraded the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on January 14, 2025, recommending a price target of $88 for it. UBS upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Sell” on October 23, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $75-$80. DA Davidson issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $80.

Over the week, AOS’s stock price is moving -2.95% down while it is 5.58% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -1.23% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -21.49%.

Currently, A.O. Smith Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 118.45M with 0.77% of that held by the insiders while 99.69% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 24.42% and return on equity (ROE) at 27.97%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.84 while having a 16.10 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.24. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.24 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.52. Its return on asset (ROA) is 16.20% on average.