---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091142-25-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOS"
cik: "0000091142"
company_name: "SMITH A O CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:33:59.264541+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A. O. Smith Q1 2025 sales down 2% to $964M, EPS $0.95 vs $1.00

## Summary
- Sales $963.9M (-2% YoY), net earnings $136.6M (-7%), diluted EPS $0.95 (-5%).
- North America sales -2% to $748.7M on lower water heater volumes; boiler sales +10%.
- Rest of World sales flat at $226.7M; China -4% in local currency, margin +200 bps.
- Repurchased $120.6M in Q1; reaffirmed full-year $400M buyback and $0.34 dividend.
- 2025 outlook maintained: sales flat to +2%, EPS $3.60-$3.90, excludes tariff impact.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091142-25-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOS
- cik: 0000091142
- company_name: SMITH A O CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000073/0000091142-25-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000073/aos-20250429.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-25-000073.txt

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