A new trading day began on Tuesday, with A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS) stock price down -0.57% from the previous day of trading ,before settling in for the closing price of $86.97. AOS’s price has ranged from $63.88 to $89.96 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 4.31% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 6.43%. With a float of $119.28 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $121.63 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 12000 employees.
A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Specialty Industrial Machinery Industry. The insider ownership of A.O. Smith Corp. is 18.97%, while institutional ownership is 78.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’24, was worth 837,039. In this transaction Senior VP, CTO of this company sold 9,890 shares at a rate of $84.63, taking the stock ownership to the 9,455 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 60,258 for $84.51, making the entire transaction worth $5,092,108. This insider now owns 56,951 shares in total.
A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/30/2023, the company reported earnings of $0.97 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.05 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.43% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.00% during the next five years compared to 7.40% growth over the previous five years of trading.
A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are A.O. Smith Corp.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.06. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.30.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.69, a number that is poised to hit 0.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.32 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS)
A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS) saw its 5-day average volume 1.0 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 0.94 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.52%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.44.
During the past 100 days, A.O. Smith Corp.’s (AOS) raw stochastic average was set at 77.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 26.99% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.92% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.16% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $83.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $75.97. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $87.32 in the near term. At $88.17, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $89.24. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $85.40, it is likely to go to the next support level at $84.33. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $83.48.
A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 12.73 billion, the company has a total of 147,195K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 3,853 M while annual income is 556,600 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 988,100 K while its latest quarter income was 137,300 K.
