secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-24-000167
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith reports preliminary Q3 sales down 4%, EPS down 9%; lowers FY 2024 EPS guidance to $3.70-$3.85
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- Preliminary Q3 sales $902.6M, down 4% YoY; diluted EPS $0.82, down 9% YoY.
- FY 2024 EPS guidance lowered to $3.70-$3.85 from prior $3.95-$4.10; sales outlook ~flat at $3.8-$3.9B.
- China third-party constant currency sales declined 17% YoY; India sales up 12% in local currency.
- North America segment sales $703M slightly down; lower water heater volumes offset by higher boiler/water treatment.
- Board approved 6% dividend increase; over 30 years of dividend increases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000167/0000091142-24-000167-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000167/aos-20241011.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000167

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