secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-21-000129
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith Q2 sales $859.8M (+30%), EPS $0.73 (+74%), raises FY2021 guidance
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- Record Q2: sales $859.8M (+30%), net earnings $118.2M (+74%), EPS $0.73 (+74%).
- North America sales $603.6M (+26%), margin 23.5% vs 21.9%; Rest of World $263.2M (+39%), China up 26% local currency.
- Raises FY2021 guidance: sales growth 17-18% (prev 14.5%), EPS $2.70-$2.76 (prev midpoint $2.60).
- Cash from ops H1 $196M; repurchased 2.98M shares for $198.1M; remaining authorization ~5.6M shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114221000129/0000091142-21-000129-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114221000129/aos-20210729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-21-000129

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