Valuation

AOSA. O. Smith Corporation

StockNYSEUnited StatesIndustrialsEU retail investors: available

−1.3% today · −0.5% 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 2.27%.

A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) valuation against sector peers: P/E 17.7 (sector median 25.3), P/B 4.8, EV/EBIT 13.8, free-cash-flow yield 6.4%, 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/E17.725.3 · n=26230% below
P/B4.83.8 · n=29528% above
P/S2.32.0 · n=30617% above
EV/EBIT13.819.8 · n=24730% below
Free-cash-flow yield6.4%4.0% · n=28860% above
Dividend yield2.27%0.46% · 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 / EBITDA0.581.48 · n=25461% below

Value factor: 85 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

GEGE Aerospace38.419.9—2.3%0.5%—/10
RTXRTX Corporation32.23.926.53.5%1.4%5/10
CATCaterpillar22.612.518.24.2%1.3%7/10
GEVGE Vernova20.318.570.18.1%0.2%8/10
DEDeere & Company38.06.6—3.2%0.9%—/10
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation23.58.119.53.7%1.8%10/10
UBERUber41.35.221.17.3%0.0%7/10
LMTLockheed Martin21.413.816.66.0%2.3%8/10
ETNEaton Corporation35.36.6—2.8%1.2%4/10
BABoeing18.821.016.70.0%0.0%1/10

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