Stifel Nicolaus Sticks to Their Buy Rating for A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS)

In a report released today, Nathan Jones from Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Buy rating on A. O. Smith Corporation, with a price target of $80.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $66.84.

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According to TipRanks, Jones is a top 100 analyst with an average return of 20.2% and a 71.20% success rate. Jones covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as Parker Hannifin, ITT, and IDEX.

In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, A. O. Smith Corporation also received a Buy from TR | OpenAI – 4o’s Garrick Presswyn in a report issued yesterday. However, today, Citi maintained a Hold rating on A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS).

The company has a one-year high of $77.92 and a one-year low of $58.83. Currently, A. O. Smith Corporation has an average volume of 1.09M.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 26 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of AOS in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in August 2025, James F. Stern, the Exec VP, GC & Sec of AOS sold 17,434.00 shares for a total of $1,241,823.82.