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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091142-24-000169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOS"
cik: "0000091142"
company_name: "SMITH A O CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:12:43.147072+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A. O. Smith Q3 sales $903M, EPS $0.82; reaffirms lowered 2024 EPS guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $902.6M (-4% YoY); net earnings $120.2M (-11%); diluted EPS $0.82 (-9%).
- North America segment sales $703.3M (-1%); Rest of World sales $210.3M (-10%) with China down 17% in local currency.
- Reaffirms revised 2024 EPS outlook of $3.70-$3.85, citing persistent China weakness and softer North America demand.
- Board approved 6% dividend increase; 32 consecutive years of increases; $300M share repurchase expected in 2024.
- Pureit acquisition from Unilever for $120M on track to close by end of 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091142-24-000169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOS
- cik: 0000091142
- company_name: SMITH A O CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000169/0000091142-24-000169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000169/aos-20241022.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000169.txt

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