secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-25-000148
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith Q3 EPS $0.94 up 15% YoY; narrows FY2025 EPS guidance to $3.70-$3.85
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- Sales $942.5M (+4% YoY); net earnings $132M (+10%); diluted EPS $0.94 (+15%).
- North America sales $742.8M (+6%); segment operating margin 24.2% (+110 bps).
- China local currency sales down 12%; Rest of World sales $207.9M (-1%).
- Updated FY2025 outlook: sales flat to up 1%; EPS guidance $3.70-$3.85 (midpoint lowered).
- Cash from operations $433.7M in 9M (+21%); free cash flow $380.5M (+35%); dividend raised 6%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000148/0000091142-25-000148-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000148/aos-20251028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-25-000148

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