A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS) is -1.74% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $58.83 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 $64.78 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.24%.
Currently trading at $67.02, the stock is 5.20% and 2.26% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.69 million and changing 3.46% at the moment leaves the stock -9.55% off its SMA200. AOS registered -19.08% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.34%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $65.5382 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $74.09515.
The stock witnessed a 2.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.08%, and is 4.78% 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 2.56% over the week and 3.02% over the month.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) has around 12700 employees, a market worth around $9.62B and $3.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.49 and Fwd P/E is 16.07. Profit margin for the company is 13.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.92% and -27.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (25.53%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 0.46% this year.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) Top Institutional Holders
946.0 institutions hold shares in A.O. Smith Corp (AOS), with institutional investors hold 98.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 118.44M, and float is at 115.66M with Short Float at 4.62%. Institutions hold 98.00% 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 9.6329% 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 6.0179 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 Carver Samuel M., the company’s SVP – Global Operations. SEC filings show that Carver Samuel M. sold 3,460 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $66.51 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
A.O. Smith Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 07 ’25 that Karge Douglas Samuel (SVP – President NA Water Treat) sold a total of 419 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 07 ’25 and was made at $65.65 per share for $27507.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2749.0 shares of the AOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 07 ’25, Heideman Robert J (Senior VP, CTO) disposed off 1,026 shares at an average price of $65.65 for $67357.0. The insider now directly holds 8,889 shares of A.O. Smith Corp (AOS).
