secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-25-000002
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 2024 sales $3.8B, EPS $3.63; guides 2025 EPS $3.60-$3.90
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000002/0000091142-25-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000002/aos-20250130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-25-000002

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