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Smith AO Corporation (AOS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AOS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -2.05 · down 2.95 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-05
How it trades on rate days beta 1.14 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AOS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.14 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Smith AO Corporation moved 1.14% on average · correlation 0.39 · higher than 88% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.61 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.32% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.07% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against AOS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Smith AO Corporation

AOS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
A. O. Smith makes water heaters, boilers, heat pumps and water treatment products for homes and businesses across North America, China, Europe and India. It sells gas and electric heaters, tanks, softeners and filtration systems under brands including A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar and Aquasana, reaching customers through plumbing distributors, retail chains and e-commerce. It is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Where it sits in the stack
A. O. Smith carries no seat in our index and sits outside the layers Closelooknet tracks in the AI build-out; it belongs to the industrials sector, within specialty industrial machinery, and is not a constraint on or customer of any sleeve in our universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group is not defined for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other water-heating and building-products makers such as Rheem and Rinnai.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score and no seat in our index; the diary has not yet quoted it in the dailies.
What the diary watches
Whether housing and remodelling demand in its main markets shifts enough to change how the diary reads its chart against the broader industrials group.

Smith AO Corporation (AOS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Oppenheimer, 2026-10-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AOS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Oppenheimer — target 72 from 75 Target cut to $72 from $75 (+20.9% to spot) 2026-10-21
  • Price target Stifel — target 59 Target set to $59 (-0.4% to spot) 2026-10-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.19%, quarterly · last 0.38 USD on 2026-10-30

Dividends and capital return

What AOS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.46 USD per share · a 2.19% yield on the 2026-11-05 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-05
  • Change on the year +5.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.38 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.38 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-30
  • By calendar year 2024: 1.30 USD · 2025: 1.38 USD · 2026: 1.46 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-01-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-06

Quick answers

What is Smith AO Corporation (AOS)?

Smith AO Corporation trades as AOS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-06.

Is AOS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Smith AO Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-06.

Where does AOS trade against its moving averages?

Smith AO Corporation trades 12.5% above its 50-day and 5.4% above its 200-day moving average (9.1% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Smith AO Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States), Smith AO Corporation (AOS) sits 18.2% below its 52-week high, 12.5% above its 50-day average; GE Vernova LLC (GEV) is 30.4% below, Otis Worldwide Corp (OTIS) is 15.4% below, Ingersoll Rand Inc (IR) is 18.9% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to AOS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Smith AO Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Smith AO Corporation had a beta of 1.14 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 88% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.32% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-05; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Smith AO Corporation do?

A. O. Smith makes water heaters, boilers, heat pumps and water treatment products for homes and businesses across North America, China, Europe and India. Closelooknet's peer group is not defined for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other water-heating and building-products makers such as Rheem and Rinnai. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Smith AO Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

A. O. Smith carries no seat in our index and sits outside the layers Closelooknet tracks in the AI build-out; it belongs to the industrials sector, within specialty industrial machinery, and is not a constraint on or customer of any sleeve in our universe. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score and no seat in our index; the diary has not yet quoted it in the dailies. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Smith AO Corporation pay a dividend?

Smith AO Corporation has paid 1.46 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.19% on the 2026-11-05 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.38 USD on 2026-10-30. As of 2026-11-05; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Smith AO Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Smith AO Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Oppenheimer on 2026-10-21 (target 72 from 75). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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