secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-22-000080
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A.O. Smith Q2 sales +12% to $966M, EPS $0.81, reaffirms 2022 adj EPS $3.35-$3.55
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- Net sales $965.9M (+12% YoY), net earnings $126.2M (+7%), diluted EPS $0.81 (+11%).
- North America segment sales $744.1M (+23%) on pricing; Rest of World $229.9M (-13%) on China COVID lockdowns.
- Adjusted EPS $0.82 (+14%); reaffirms FY2022 adjusted EPS guidance $3.35-$3.55 (midpoint +17% YoY).
- Expects ~$445M non-cash pension settlement expense in Q4 2022 from plan termination.
- Repurchased 2.87M shares for $190.4M in H1 2022; board declares $0.28 dividend payable Aug 15.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114222000080/0000091142-22-000080-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114222000080/aos-20220728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-22-000080

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