A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS) is -2.92% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.55 and a high of $92.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AOS stock was last observed hovering at around $66.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.22%.
Currently trading at $66.22, the stock is -2.66% and -4.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.59 million and changing 0.33% at the moment leaves the stock -15.71% off its SMA200. AOS registered -16.44% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.98%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $69.3886 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $78.56325.
The stock witnessed a -6.67% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.46%, and is 1.63% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.48% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) has around 12700 employees, a market worth around $9.53B and $3.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.27 and Fwd P/E is 15.77. Profit margin for the company is 13.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.59% and -28.37% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (25.53%).
with sales reaching $950.55M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 0.90% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.49% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.89% in year-over-year returns.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) Top Institutional Holders
954.0 institutions hold shares in A.O. Smith Corp (AOS), with institutional investors hold 98.70% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 118.44M, and float is at 115.74M with Short Float at 3.92%. Institutions hold 97.86% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.11 million shares valued at $1.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5861% of the AOS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 8.81 million shares valued at $720.82 million to account for 5.9887 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 7.42 million shares representing 5.0673% and valued at over $606.96 million, while SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. holds 2.6303 of the shares totaling 3.85 million with a market value of $315.05 million.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Karge Douglas Samuel, the company’s SVP – President NA Water Treat. SEC filings show that Karge Douglas Samuel sold 419 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $65.65 per share for a total of $27507.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2749.0 shares.
A.O. Smith Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 07 ’25 that Heideman Robert J (Senior VP, CTO) sold a total of 1,026 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 07 ’25 and was made at $65.65 per share for $67357.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 8889.0 shares of the AOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 07 ’24, Carver Samuel M. (SVP – Global Operations) disposed off 14,705 shares at an average price of $81.00 for $1.19 million. The insider now directly holds 2,399 shares of A.O. Smith Corp (AOS).
