AAON vs AOS vs MOD Stock Comparison

Aaon, Smith A O and Modine Manufacturing Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AAON Aaon, Inc.
$69.08 -17.0% 1M -28.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.79B
P/E
30.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
Div. yield
–
HVAC Industrials
1 win
AOS Smith A O Corp
$63.83 +12.4% 1M -2.8% 1Y
Market cap
$9.09B
P/E
18.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
9 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Smith A O leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Smith A O 9, Aaon 1, Modine Manufacturing 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAAONAOSMODLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.79B $9.09B $5.01B AOS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.1x 18.4x 34.8x AOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.0x 17.7x 18.6x AOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +53.5% -0.7% +29.5% AAON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.2% 13.0% 4.3% AOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 20.8% 15.6% AOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 0.6x 1.0x AOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -28.0% -2.8% -17.8% AOS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.0%/yr -3.9%/yr +62.7%/yr MOD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.7% 27.9% 72.5% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 62/100 45/100 AOS

Percentile Scorecard

AAONAOSMOD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAAONAOSMOD
Valuation 7 #53 of 57 68 #19 of 57 25 #43 of 57
Growth 79 #12 of 54 32 #37 of 54 66 #19 of 54
Profitability 46 #29 of 53 89 #7 of 53 58 #23 of 53
Financial Health 69 #19 of 59 78 #14 of 59 57 #26 of 59
Shareholder Returns 7 #39 of 42 46 #23 of 42 17 #35 of 42
Overall 42 62 45
  • AAON ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • AOS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • MOD ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAAONAOSMODSPY
1 month -17.0%+12.4%-29.4% -2.0%
3 months -27.7%+0.7%-37.8% -2.2%
6 months -26.2%+8.4%-53.7% +4.2%
Year to date -9.4%-4.6%-5.9% +10.6%
1 year -28.0%-2.8%-17.8% +10.4%
3 years +19.4%-10.8%+198.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year +6.1%-3.7%+44.0% +20.2%
5 years +40.1%-18.0%+1,038.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year +7.0%-3.9%+62.7% +10.1%
10 years +276.0%+45.7%+1,215.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year +14.2%+3.8%+29.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAAONAOSMODSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.7%27.9%72.5% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.9%26.5%77.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.290.703.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.46-0.10-0.25 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.5%-43.4%-59.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.4%-20.7%-59.1% -3.2%
52-week high $148.25$80.47$306.89 $779.14
52-week low $67.40$55.34$119.68 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAAONAOSMOD
P/E now vs peer median 35.6xmedian 21.3x 17.5xmedian 21.3x 46.4xmedian 21.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.7x 2.3xmedian 1.7x 2.0xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 13.6x 11.8xmedian 13.6x 16.8xmedian 13.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -47.9xmedian 17.5x 15.3xmedian 17.5x 66.6xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 2.9x 4.7xmedian 2.9x 5.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 16.36median 1.14 0.78median 1.14 -5.59median 1.14

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAAONAOSMOD
Revenue $1.93B $3.80B $3.37B
Gross profit $494.09M $1.47B $747.70M
Operating income $213.50M $668.30M $341.50M
Net income $159.29M $494.60M $145.90M
Free cash flow -$118.79M $561.70M $100.20M
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $3.63 $2.67
Cash & equivalents $13.00K $234.50M $95.30M
Total debt $435.00M $673.10M $528.20M
Shares (diluted) 83.72M 136.10M 54.00M
Enterprise value $4.79B $8.28B $4.66B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAAONAOSMOD
P/E 35.6x 17.5x 46.4x
P/FCF -47.9x 15.3x 66.6x
P/Operating cash flow 65.8x 14.0x 25.4x
P/S 2.9x 2.3x 2.0x
P/B 5.6x 4.7x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 5.6x 6.9x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA 20.5x 11.8x 16.8x
EV/EBIT 28.7x 13.5x 20.8x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 2.4x 2.1x
EV/FCF -51.6x 16.0x 70.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 70.8x 14.7x 27.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 16.36 0.78 -5.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAAONAOSMOD
Revenue growth (1Y) 53.5% -0.7% 29.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 0.0% 12.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 36.9% -0.4% 15.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 0.1% 19.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 39.0% -7.2% 19.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.4% -3.9% 21.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 30.5% -6.8% -23.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 18.2% -7.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.3% -3.5% -23.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 22.5% -8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 157.7% -6.6% 30.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.0% -0.2% 24.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.7% -1.8% -13.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -74.9% 0.5% 8.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAAONAOSMOD
Gross margin 25.6% 38.6% 22.2%
EBITDA margin 15.5% 20.1% 12.5%
Operating margin 11.0% 17.6% 10.1%
Pretax margin 9.9% 16.8% 5.6%
Net margin 8.2% 13.0% 4.3%
FCF margin -6.1% 14.8% 3.0%
Operating cash flow margin 4.5% 16.1% 7.8%
Return on equity 16.4% 27.0% 12.1%
Return on assets 8.7% 13.6% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 20.8% 15.6%
Return on capital employed 14.3% 24.0% 17.2%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.0x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.2x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.4% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAAONAOSMOD
Debt / assets 23.3% 18.4% 18.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 0.6x 1.0x
Debt / FCF -3.7x 1.2x 5.3x
Liabilities / assets 45.8% 50.1% 56.7%
Equity / assets 54.2% 49.9% 43.3%
Interest coverage – 26.4x 10.6x
Current ratio 3.0x 1.6x 2.0x
Quick ratio 1.9x 1.0x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.53 6.23 4.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAAONAOSMOD
Dividend yield 0.6% 2.3% –
Net buyback yield -0.6% 3.8% 1.0%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 6.1% 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 40.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 35.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.1% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAAONAOSMOD
Forward P/E 31.0xFY2026 17.7xFY2026 18.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.23FY2026 $3.60FY2026 $6.76FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +65.2%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026 +46.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +56.1% +15.0% +52.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.44BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026 $4.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.6%FY2026 -2.6%FY2026 +32.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.8% +3.9% +16.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAAONAOSMOD
Held by institutions 78.7% 91.9% 98.5%
Institutions holding 471 616 637
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0% +7.1% -4.8%
Institutions buying 241 317 348
Institutions selling 176 226 226
Buyers to sellers 1.37 1.40 1.54

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AAONAOSMOD
AAON 1.00 0.22 0.60
AOS 0.22 1.00 0.23
MOD 0.60 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AAON, AOS and MOD?

Smith A O (AOS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aaon (AAON) $4.79B, Smith A O (AOS) $9.09B, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) $5.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, AAON, AOS and MOD?

Smith A O (AOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aaon (AAON) 30.1x, Smith A O (AOS) 18.4x, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 34.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Smith A O (AOS) is cheapest (Aaon (AAON) 31.0x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.7x, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 18.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Aaon (AAON) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aaon (AAON) +53.5%, Smith A O (AOS) -0.7%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) +29.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest net margin (Aaon (AAON) 8.2%, Smith A O (AOS) 13.0%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 4.3%). On return on invested capital, Smith A O (AOS) leads (Aaon (AAON) 12.7%, Smith A O (AOS) 20.8%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 15.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Smith A O (AOS) returned the most: Aaon (AAON) -28.0%, Smith A O (AOS) -2.8%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) -17.8%. Over five years, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) compounded fastest (Aaon (AAON) +7.0%/yr, Smith A O (AOS) -3.9%/yr, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) +62.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Aaon (AAON) 0.00%, Smith A O (AOS) 0.02%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 0.00%. Aaon (AAON) and Modine Manufacturing (MOD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smith A O (AOS) has been the steadiest (Aaon (AAON) 60.7%, Smith A O (AOS) 27.9%, Modine Manufacturing (MOD) 72.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AAON, AOS and MOD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Smith A O (AOS) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.