---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091142-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOS"
cik: "0000091142"
company_name: "SMITH A O CORP"
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:16:28.837618+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A. O. Smith reports 2024 sales $3.8B, EPS $3.63; guides 2025 EPS $3.60-$3.90

## Summary
- Full-year sales $3.818B (-1% YoY), net earnings $533.6M, diluted EPS $3.63 (-2%).
- North America sales $3.0B (flat); Rest of World sales $918.6M (-4%) on China weakness.
- Restructuring & impairment charges of $17.6M in China and North America water treatment.
- Board approved $0.34/share dividend (payable Feb 18); expects ~$400M in share repurchases in 2025.
- 2025 guidance: sales $3.8-3.9B, adjusted EPS $3.60-$3.90; China single-digit sales decline expected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091142-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOS
- cik: 0000091142
- company_name: SMITH A O CORP
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+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/91142/000009114225000002/0000091142-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000002/aos-20250130.htm

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