secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-24-000004
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 FY2023 sales $3.9B, EPS $3.69; guides FY2024 EPS $3.90-$4.15
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- Record net sales $3,853M (+3% YoY); net earnings $556.6M ($3.69 EPS); adjusted EPS $3.81 (+21%).
- North America segment sales $2,922.9M (+4%); adjusted segment margin 24.8% (vs 21.7% in 2022).
- China local-currency sales +4%; India local-currency sales +15% in 2023.
- 2024 outlook: sales $3,970M-$4,050M (+3-5%), EPS $3.90-$4.15.
- Board authorized additional 2M share repurchase; $0.32 dividend declared, 84 consecutive years.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000004/0000091142-24-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000004/aos-20240130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000004

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