secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-25-000073
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000073/0000091142-25-000073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000073/aos-20250429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-25-000073

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