PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators Buys New Position in A. O. Smith Corporation $AOS

PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators bought a new stake in shares of A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 47,042 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,146,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of A. O. Smith by 57.6% during the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,746 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $117,000 after purchasing an additional 638 shares in the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new stake in shares of A. O. Smith during the 4th quarter valued at about $234,000. State of Wyoming boosted its position in shares of A. O. Smith by 19.4% during the 4th quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 11,299 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $756,000 after purchasing an additional 1,837 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of A. O. Smith during the 4th quarter valued at about $218,000. Finally, CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its position in shares of A. O. Smith by 273.9% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 496,686 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $33,157,000 after purchasing an additional 363,858 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.10% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently commented on AOS. Zacks Research lowered A. O. Smith from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered A. O. Smith from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 14th. DA Davidson set a $67.00 price target on A. O. Smith and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Robert W. Baird set a $70.00 price target on A. O. Smith in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on A. O. Smith from $69.00 to $61.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, A. O. Smith currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $69.89.

A. O. Smith Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:AOS opened at $57.22 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $61.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $67.33. The firm has a market cap of $7.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.22, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.56. A. O. Smith Corporation has a 52-week low of $54.16 and a 52-week high of $81.86.

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The industrial products company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.94 by ($0.09). The firm had revenue of $945.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $974.06 million. A. O. Smith had a return on equity of 28.42% and a net margin of 13.84%.The firm’s revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.95 EPS. A. O. Smith has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.900 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that A. O. Smith Corporation will post 3.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A. O. Smith Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 30th were paid a $0.36 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.5%. A. O. Smith’s dividend payout ratio is 38.30%.

A. O. Smith Profile

A. O. Smith Corporation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a leading manufacturer of water heating and water treatment products for residential and commercial applications. Since its founding in 1874, the company has built a reputation for producing reliable, energy-efficient water heaters, boilers and pressure vessels. Its product portfolio encompasses gas, electric, condensing and tankless water heaters, as well as specialty boilers designed to meet a variety of building and industrial needs.

The company operates through two primary segments: North America and Asia.