American Century Companies Adds $13M in A. O. Smith Corporation ($AOS)

Key Points

  • American Century Companies changed its A. O. Smith Corporation ($AOS) stake by 5.5% last quarter, boosting to 4,215,238 shares worth $247.35 million.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $AOS is Hold and an average price target of $70.45.
  • $AOS last traded around $58.68.

American Century Companies increased its position in A. O. Smith Corporation ($AOS) by 5.5% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,215,238 shares of A. O. Smith Corporation after buying 218,197 shares during the quarter. American Century Companies's holdings in A. O. Smith Corporation were worth $247.35 million as of its most recent filing.

A. O. Smith Corporation ($AOS) Stock

Last price$58.68
Market cap$8.14B
P/E ratio15.75
Forward P/E14.16
PEG ratio1.55
Beta1.18
52-week low$54.16
52-week high$81.87
50-day MA$60.66
200-day MA$67.80
Current ratio1.56
Quick ratio0.95
Debt-to-equity0.35

A. O. Smith Corporation Earnings

EPS (ttm)$3.75
Revenue (ttm)$3.81B
Revenue growth-1.9%
Net margin13.8%
Return on equity28.3%
Next earningsApr 30, 2026

A. O. Smith Corporation Dividend

Annual dividend$1.42
Dividend yield240.00%
Payout ratio37.3%
Ex-dividend dateApr 30, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusHold
Average target$70.45
High target$84.00
Low target$59.00
Analysts covering11

About A. O. Smith Corporation

A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, heat pumps, tanks, and water treatment products in North America, China, Europe, and India. The company offers water heaters for residences, restaurants, hotels, office buildings, laundries, car washes, and small businesses; boilers for hospitals, schools, hotels, homes, apartments, and condominiums, and other large commercial buildings; and water treatment products comprising point-of-entry water softeners, well water solutions, and whole-home water filtration products, and point-of-use carbon and reverse osmosis products for residences, restaurants, hotels, and offices. It also provides commercial water treatment and filtration products; expansion tanks, commercial solar water heating systems, swimming pool and spa heaters, and related products and parts; and electric wall-hung, gas tankless, combi-boiler, and heat pump and solar water heaters. The company offers its products under the A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar, Hague, Water-Right, Master Water, Atlantic Filter, Impact, and Water Tec brands. It distributes its products through independent wholesale plumbing distributors, as well as to retail channels consisting of hardware and home center chains, and manufacturer representative firms, as well as offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce channels; and A. O. Smith branded water treatment products through dealer network and Amazon. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
HeadquartersMilwaukee, WI
CEOMr. Stephen M. Shafer
Employees11,500

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