Valuation

AOSA. O. Smith Corporation

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail investors: available

+1.0% today · +0.7% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 88% of the instruments we score

Quality, Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.24%.

A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) valuation against sector peers: P/E 17.9 (sector median 25.4), P/B 4.9, EV/EBIT 14.0, free-cash-flow yield 6.3%, P/S 2.3.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Industrials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricAOSSector medianvs median
P/E17.925.4 · n=26229% below
P/B4.93.8 · n=29527% above
P/S2.32.0 · n=30618% above
EV/EBIT14.019.8 · n=24729% below
Free-cash-flow yield6.3%4.0% · n=28959% above
Dividend yield2.24%0.45% · n=334393% above
Return on equity27.0%14.5% · n=30586% above
Return on invested capital24.8%11.6% · n=284114% above
Gross margin38.6%33.1% · n=25517% above
Net debt / EBITDA0.581.51 · n=25562% below

Value factor: 84 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

GEGE Aerospace38.119.8—2.3%0.5%—/10
CATCaterpillar23.212.818.74.1%1.3%7/10
RTXRTX Corporation31.53.826.03.6%1.4%5/10
GEVGE Vernova21.219.373.17.8%0.2%8/10
DEDeere & Company38.26.7—3.2%0.9%—/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.28.019.33.8%1.9%10/10
UBERUber41.95.321.57.2%0.0%7/10
ETNEaton Corporation35.86.7—2.7%1.2%3/10
BABoeing18.720.916.60.0%0.0%1/10
LMTLockheed Martin20.913.516.36.2%2.3%8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 29 Oct 2026