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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091142-25-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOS"
cik: "0000091142"
company_name: "SMITH A O CORP"
filed_at: "2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T03:01:12.504693+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A. O. Smith Q2 EPS $1.07 (+1% YoY); raises full-year outlook; starts China strategic review

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $1,011M (-1% YoY); net earnings $152.2M (-3%); diluted EPS $1.07 (+1%).
- North America margin 25.4% (+30 bps); Rest of World margin 10.5% with sequential improvement.
- China sales -11% local currency; company initiates formal strategic assessment of China business.
- Raised FY2025 outlook: sales growth 1-3%, EPS $3.70-$3.90 (midpoint raised from prior).
- H1 share repurchases $251.3M; expects ~$400M in 2025; $0.34 dividend declared.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091142-25-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOS
- cik: 0000091142
- company_name: SMITH A O CORP
- filed_at: 2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000098/0000091142-25-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000098/aos-20250724.htm

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