A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) vs. Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) Head to Head Review

Intelligent Living Application Group (NASDAQ:ILAG) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Intelligent Living Application Group and A. O. Smith, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Living Application Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
A. O. Smith	2	5	2	0	2.00

A. O. Smith has a consensus price target of $67.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.33%. Given A. O. Smith’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe A. O. Smith is more favorable than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Living Application Group and A. O. Smith’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Living Application Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
A. O. Smith	13.15%	27.88%	15.21%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Intelligent Living Application Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Intelligent Living Application Group and A. O. Smith”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Living Application Group	$4.49 million	1.49	-$19.35 million	N/A	N/A
A. O. Smith	$3.83 billion	2.22	$546.20 million	$3.60	17.37

A. O. Smith has higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Living Application Group.

Volatility and Risk

Intelligent Living Application Group has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

A. O. Smith beats Intelligent Living Application Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intelligent Living Application Group

Intelligent Living Application Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells mechanical locksets to customers in the United States and Canada. Its mechanical locksets consist of deadbolts, entry locksets, privacy locksets, and passage locksets as well as storerooms locks. The company offers locksets for outdoors comprising main entrances and gates, and indoor uses. Intelligent Living Application Group Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.

About A. O. Smith

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, and other large commercial buildings, as well as homes, apartments, and condominiums; 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 product; 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, 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; and offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce channels. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.