secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-21-000139
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith reports record Q3 sales of $914.6M; raises FY 2021 EPS guidance to $2.86-$2.90
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- Net sales $914.6M (+20% YoY); diluted EPS $0.82 (+26% YoY); net earnings $131.6M (+25%).
- North America sales $658.2M (+21%); operating margin 23.1% vs 24.5% on higher material costs.
- Rest of World sales $263.1M (+19%); operating margin 10.2% vs 7.5% on higher volumes.
- Acquired Giant Factories for $192M; Canada-based water heater maker with ~$105M trailing sales.
- Board approved 8% dividend increase; FY share repurchases projected at $400M; guidance raised.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114221000139/0000091142-21-000139-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114221000139/aos-20211028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-21-000139

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