AOS vs CSW vs TT Stock Comparison

Smith A O, Csw Industrials and Trane Technologies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AOS Smith A O Corp
$62.08 +5.8% 1M -9.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.34B
P/E
16.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
6 wins
TT Trane Technologies plc
$461.22 +1.4% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$99.75B
P/E
33.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
HVAC Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Smith A O leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Smith A O 6, Trane Technologies 5, Csw Industrials 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAOSCSWTTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.34B $4.83B $99.75B TT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x — 33.8x AOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.2x 23.1x 29.5x AOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.4% — +7.0% TT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.1% — 13.3% TT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.9% — 24.4% TT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x — 0.8x AOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.01% AOS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -9.5% +22.8% +7.7% CSW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.6%/yr +16.8%/yr +20.5%/yr TT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.4% 43.5% 29.2% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 — 51/100 AOS

Percentile Scorecard

AOSCSWTT

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

AxisAOSCSWTT
Valuation 66 #20 of 56 – 9 #51 of 56
Growth 39 #32 of 52 – 65 #19 of 52
Profitability 100 #1 of 49 – 90 #6 of 49
Financial Health 71 #17 of 56 53 #27 of 56 56 #25 of 56
Shareholder Returns 43 #24 of 41 10 #37 of 41 38 #26 of 41
Overall 64 – 51
  • AOS ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • CSW ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • TT ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAOSCSWTTSPY
1 month +5.8%+1.3%+1.4% -0.2%
3 months -3.0%+0.6%-1.9% +3.9%
6 months -2.9%+3.2%-4.1% +8.2%
Year to date -7.2%+2.5%+18.5% +12.9%
1 year -9.5%+22.8%+7.7% +12.3%
3 years -8.5%+70.0%+149.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year -2.9%+19.4%+35.7% +23.3%
5 years -12.2%+117.4%+153.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -2.6%+16.8%+20.5% +10.9%
10 years +38.3%+891.3%+786.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +3.3%+25.8%+24.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAOSCSWTTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4%43.5%29.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.5%43.9%30.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.711.401.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.350.520.26 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.4%-46.3%-40.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.9%-14.3%-8.4% -1.2%
52-week high $80.47$351.14$503.46 $779.14
52-week low $55.34$238.11$376.43 $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.

MultipleAOSCSWTT
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 20.1x —median 20.1x 34.6xmedian 20.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.5x —median 1.5x 4.6xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 11.8x —median 11.8x 23.9xmedian 11.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 16.2x —median 16.2x 28.3xmedian 16.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.9x 5.1xmedian 2.9x 11.7xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.65median 0.99 —median 0.99 1.97median 0.99

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 monthsAOSCSWTT
Revenue $3.80B – $22.21B
Gross profit $1.47B – $7.86B
Operating income $668.70M – $3.98B
Net income $500.30M – $2.97B
Free cash flow $639.40M – $3.58B
EPS (diluted) $3.63 – $13.25
Cash & equivalents $181.30M $33.80M $1.32B
Total debt $637.50M $869.29M $4.62B
Shares (diluted) 137.86M 16.64M 222.50M
Enterprise value $7.59B $4.69B $94.47B

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
MetricAOSCSWTT
P/E 17.0x – 34.6x
P/FCF 13.2x – 28.3x
P/Operating cash flow 12.2x – 25.9x
P/S 2.2x – 4.6x
P/B 4.6x 5.1x 11.7x
P/Tangible book 6.7x 35.8x 19.8x
EV/EBITDA 11.7x – 23.9x
EV/EBIT 13.3x – 26.3x
EV/Revenue 2.3x – 4.7x
EV/FCF 13.9x – 29.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.8x – 26.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.65 – 1.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAOSCSWTT
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.4% – 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.6% – 9.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.4% – 4.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.3% – 0.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -5.2% – 4.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -2.5% – 14.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.5% – 3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.3% – 16.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -0.3% – 4.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.2% – 17.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.1% – 19.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.0% – 28.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.3% – 26.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – 32.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAOSCSWTT
Gross margin 38.6% – 35.4%
EBITDA margin 20.0% – 19.7%
Operating margin 17.6% – 17.9%
Pretax margin 17.0% – 16.8%
Net margin 13.1% – 13.3%
FCF margin 16.8% – 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% – 17.6%
Return on equity 26.9% – 34.4%
Return on assets 13.7% – 12.7%
Return on invested capital 20.9% – 24.4%
Return on capital employed 24.1% – 26.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x – 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% – 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAOSCSWTT
Debt / assets 17.5% 37.5% 19.3%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.8x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x – 0.8x
Debt / FCF 1.0x – 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 49.5% 54.7% 63.9%
Equity / assets 50.5% 45.3% 36.1%
Interest coverage 31.5x – 18.1x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.6x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.1x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 6.20 – 6.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAOSCSWTT
Dividend yield 2.3% 0.4% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 3.7% – 1.3%
Shareholder yield 6.0% 0.4% 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 39.6% – 29.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.0% – 24.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.2% – 10.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.2% – 10.6%

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.

ConsensusAOSCSWTT
Forward P/E 17.2xFY2026 23.1xFY2026 29.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.60FY2026 $13.00FY2026 $15.64FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +25.2%FY2026 +19.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.0% +12.4% +10.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.73BFY2026 $1.20BFY2026 $25.40BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.6%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% +7.0% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAOSCSWTT
Held by institutions 91.9% 100.0% 87.0%
Institutions holding 614 358 1,810
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.1% -1.1% +0.3%
Institutions buying 315 164 894
Institutions selling 226 133 579
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.23 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.

AOSCSWTT
AOS 1.00 0.45 0.44
CSW 0.45 1.00 0.38
TT 0.44 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AOS, CSW and TT?

Trane Technologies (TT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smith A O (AOS) $8.34B, Csw Industrials (CSW) $4.83B, Trane Technologies (TT) $99.75B.

Which stock is cheaper, AOS, CSW and TT?

Smith A O (AOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Smith A O (AOS) 16.7x, Trane Technologies (TT) 33.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Smith A O (AOS) is cheapest (Smith A O (AOS) 17.2x, Csw Industrials (CSW) 23.1x, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Trane Technologies (TT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smith A O (AOS) +0.4%, Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trane Technologies (TT) has the highest net margin (Smith A O (AOS) 13.1%, Trane Technologies (TT) 13.3%). On return on invested capital, Trane Technologies (TT) leads (Smith A O (AOS) 20.9%, Trane Technologies (TT) 24.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Csw Industrials (CSW) returned the most: Smith A O (AOS) -9.5%, Csw Industrials (CSW) +22.8%, Trane Technologies (TT) +7.7%. Over five years, Trane Technologies (TT) compounded fastest (Smith A O (AOS) -2.6%/yr, Csw Industrials (CSW) +16.8%/yr, Trane Technologies (TT) +20.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest dividend yield: Smith A O (AOS) 0.02%, Csw Industrials (CSW) 0.00%, Trane Technologies (TT) 0.01%. Csw Industrials (CSW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smith A O (AOS) has been the steadiest (Smith A O (AOS) 27.4%, Csw Industrials (CSW) 43.5%, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AOS, CSW and TT?

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 6. 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.