Smith AO Corporation is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Smith AO Corporation shares (AOS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $78.60 – a decrease of 2.03% over the previous week. Smith AO Corporation employs 12,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.9 billion.
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| Latest market close | $78.60 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $64.03 - $92.10 |
| 50-day moving average | $82.70 |
| 200-day moving average | $83.43 |
| Wall St. target price | $86.73 |
| PE ratio | 20.9173 |
| Dividend yield | $1.26 (1.65%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.87 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $78.75 from 2024-10-18
| 1 week (2024-10-16) | -1.84% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-23) | -6.23% |
| 3 months (2024-07-23) | -2.14% |
| 6 months (2024-04-23) | -10.43% |
| 1 year (2023-10-23) | 18.62% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-21) | 57.09% |
| 3 years (2021-10-22) | 17.96% |
| 5 years (2019-10-23) | 60.87% |
Valuing Smith AO Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Smith AO Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Smith AO Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Smith AO Corporation shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Smith AO Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.9592. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Smith AO Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Smith AO Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $828.9 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Smith AO Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 20.24% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 14.53% |
| Return on equity TTM | 30.34% |
| Profit margin | 14.67% |
| Book value | $13.11 |
| Market Capitalization | $11.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Smith AO Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 30.56
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Smith AO Corporation's overall score of 30.56 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 66th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Smith AO Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 9.03/100
Smith AO Corporation's environmental score of 9.03 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Smith AO Corporation is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 14.92/100
Smith AO Corporation's social score of 14.92 puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Smith AO Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 8.12/100
Smith AO Corporation's governance score puts it squarely in the 1st percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Smith AO Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Smith AO Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Smith AO Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Smith AO Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 30.56 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 66.16 |
| Environmental score | 9.03 |
| Environmental score percentile | 1 |
| Social score | 14.92 |
| Social score percentile | 1 |
| Governance score | 8.12 |
| Governance score percentile | 1 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 33.08% of net profits
Recently Smith AO Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Smith AO Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Smith AO Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.26 per share.
While Smith AO Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Smith AO Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Smith AO Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 14 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Smith AO Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 5 October 2016 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Smith AO Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Smith AO Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Smith AO Corporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Smith AO Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $64.0302 up to $92.0988. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Smith AO Corporation's is 1.149. This would suggest that Smith AO Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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