Water heating and treatment solutions company A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
A. O. Smith met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $942.5 million, up 4.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations and full-year EPS guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting A. O. Smith’s revenue to grow 1.6% year on year to $926.8 million, a reversal from the 7.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.84 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. A. O. Smith has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at A. O. Smith’s peers in the building products segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AZZ delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.8%, and Insteel reported revenues up 23.3%, falling short of estimates by 1.3%. AZZ traded up 6.6% following the results while Insteel was also up 1.9%.
Read our full analysis of AZZ’s results here and Insteel’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the building products segment, with share prices up 9.3% on average over the last month. A. O. Smith is up 3.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $78.27 (compared to the current share price of $70.63).
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