A new trading day began on Tuesday, with A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS) stock price down -2.61% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $75.10. AOS’s price has ranged from $72.41 to $92.44 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 4.31% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -0.88%. With a float of $117.94 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $121.63 million.
In an organization with 12000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.17%, operating margin of 19.02%, and the pretax margin is 18.82%.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 19.13%, while institutional ownership is 77.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 07 ’24, was worth 1,191,146. In this transaction SVP – Global Operations of this company sold 14,705 shares at a rate of $81.00, taking the stock ownership to the 2,399 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 07 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 14,705 for $81.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,191,146.
A.O. Smith Corp (AOS) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, 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 1.0 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.88% 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 1.02. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.74. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.04.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.79, a number that is poised to hit 0.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.06 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of A.O. Smith Corp (AOS)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.31 million. That was better than the volume of 0.97 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 5.49%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.67.
During the past 100 days, A.O. Smith Corp’s (AOS) raw stochastic average was set at 0.46%, which indicates a significant decrease from 1.73% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 14.15% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 29.50% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $80.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $83.03. However, in the short run, A.O. Smith Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $74.46. Second resistance stands at $75.79. The third major resistance level sits at $76.49. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $72.43, it is likely to go to the next support level at $71.73. The third support level lies at $70.40 if the price breaches the second support level.
A.O. Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 10.67 billion, the company has a total of 144,995K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 3,853 M while annual income is 556,600 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 902,600 K while its latest quarter income was 120,100 K.
