AOS vs HBB vs PNR Stock Comparison

Smith A O, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding and Pentair Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AOS Smith A O Corp
$63.51 +9.4% 1M -3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$8.54B
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
3 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$65.78 +23.0% 1M -38.9% 1Y
Market cap
$10.52B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
0.02%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hamilton Beach Brands Holding 6, Pentair 3, Smith A O 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAOSHBBPNRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.54B $438.62M $10.52B PNR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.3x 7.6x 17.2x HBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.6x — 14.5x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.7% -3.3% -3.9% AOS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.0% 9.4% 15.4% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.8% 22.9% 12.5% HBB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x -0.6x 1.6x HBB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.02% AOS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.2% +126.2% -38.9% HBB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.8%/yr +16.6%/yr -2.3%/yr HBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 52.5% 36.3% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 85/100 62/100 HBB

Percentile Scorecard

AOSHBBPNR

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

AxisAOSHBBPNR
Valuation 67 #19 of 55 98 #2 of 41 71 #59 of 203
Growth 32 #35 of 51 98 #2 of 41 32 #128 of 188
Profitability 90 #6 of 49 97 #2 of 38 82 #33 of 183
Financial Health 70 #17 of 55 81 #9 of 42 46 #118 of 216
Shareholder Returns 41 #24 of 40 50 #14 of 27 79 #33 of 152
Overall 60 85 62
  • AOS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • HBB ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • PNR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAOSHBBPNRSPY
1 month +9.4%-16.3%+23.0% +0.7%
3 months +6.2%+38.0%-0.6% +3.7%
6 months +2.7%+55.4%-18.5% +7.1%
Year to date -5.0%+96.6%-36.8% +12.8%
1 year -3.2%+126.2%-38.9% +11.9%
3 years -8.6%+157.1%+12.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year -3.0%+37.0%+3.9% +22.8%
5 years -13.1%+115.6%-11.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -2.8%+16.6%-2.3% +10.9%
10 years +41.2%—+19.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +3.5%—+1.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAOSHBBPNRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%52.5%36.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.3%42.9%40.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.701.120.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.112.40-1.07 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.4%-58.4%-53.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.1%-16.3%-39.5% -1.2%
52-week high $80.47$38.63$108.69 $779.14
52-week low $55.34$13.76$52.11 $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.

MultipleAOSHBBPNR
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 20.3x 7.6xmedian 15.8x 17.1xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.6x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 2.6xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 12.6x 4.5xmedian 9.6x 13.2xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 16.9x 4.5xmedian 12.1x 16.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 3.0x 2.0xmedian 1.2x 2.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 1.13 0.08median 0.63 2.23median 1.45

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 monthsAOSHBBPNR
Revenue $3.80B $610.31M $3.97B
Gross profit $1.47B $201.94M $1.64B
Operating income $668.30M $76.49M $777.40M
Net income $494.60M $57.44M $612.20M
Free cash flow $561.70M $96.92M $646.60M
R&D – – $94.10M
EPS (diluted) $3.63 $4.25 $3.82
Cash & equivalents $234.50M $101.47M $74.00M
Total debt $673.10M $50.00M $1.48B
Shares (diluted) 136.10M 13.51M 160.30M
Enterprise value $7.73B $225.25M $10.19B

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
MetricAOSHBBPNR
P/E 17.4x 7.6x 17.1x
P/FCF 15.2x 4.5x 16.2x
P/Operating cash flow 13.9x 4.4x 14.5x
P/S 2.2x 0.7x 2.6x
P/B 4.7x 2.0x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 6.9x 2.0x 3.7x
EV/EBITDA 11.8x 4.5x 13.2x
EV/EBIT 13.4x 5.0x 15.3x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 0.6x 3.0x
EV/FCF 16.0x 4.0x 18.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.6x 3.9x 16.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 0.08 2.23

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAOSHBBPNR
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.7% -3.3% -3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.0% -0.1% -1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.4% 20.5% -1.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.1% 19.9% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -7.2% 80.2% -8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.9% 67.5% 4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -6.8% 78.4% -6.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 90.3% 6.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -3.5% 78.7% -3.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.5% 93.0% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.6% 2,069% -14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 7.7% 6.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.8% 6,575% -17.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 8.4% 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAOSHBBPNR
Gross margin 38.6% 33.1% 41.2%
EBITDA margin 20.1% 14.0% 22.7%
Operating margin 17.6% 12.5% 19.6%
Pretax margin 16.8% 12.6% 17.5%
Net margin 13.0% 9.4% 15.4%
FCF margin 14.8% 15.9% 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 16.1% 16.2% 18.3%
Return on equity 27.0% 28.6% 16.1%
Return on assets 13.6% 14.7% 9.2%
Return on invested capital 20.8% 22.9% 12.5%
Return on capital employed 24.0% 26.8% 13.5%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAOSHBBPNR
Debt / assets 18.4% 12.2% 22.3%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.2x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x -0.6x 1.6x
Debt / FCF 1.2x 0.5x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 50.1% 47.3% 42.1%
Equity / assets 49.9% 52.7% 57.9%
Interest coverage 26.4x – –
Current ratio 1.6x 3.1x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.22 4.70 3.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAOSHBBPNR
Dividend yield 2.3% 1.5% 1.6%
Net buyback yield 3.8% 1.1% 3.8%
Shareholder yield 6.1% 2.6% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 40.3% – 28.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.5% – 26.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.4% – 6.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.1% – 6.2%

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.

ConsensusAOSHBBPNR
Forward P/E 17.6xFY2026 – 14.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.60FY2026 – $4.55FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 – -7.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.0% – +17.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.73BFY2026 – $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.6%FY2026 – -7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% – +10.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAOSHBBPNR
Held by institutions 91.9% 27.7% 95.0%
Institutions holding 615 80 720
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.1% -0.8% -0.1%
Institutions buying 316 38 353
Institutions selling 226 25 257
Buyers to sellers 1.40 1.52 1.37

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.

AOSHBBPNR
AOS 1.00 0.25 0.49
HBB 0.25 1.00 0.17
PNR 0.49 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AOS, HBB and PNR?

Pentair (PNR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smith A O (AOS) $8.54B, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) $438.62M, Pentair (PNR) $10.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, AOS, HBB and PNR?

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Smith A O (AOS) 17.3x, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 7.6x, Pentair (PNR) 17.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Smith A O (AOS) 17.6x, Pentair (PNR) 14.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Smith A O (AOS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smith A O (AOS) -0.7%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) -3.3%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Smith A O (AOS) 13.0%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 9.4%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) leads (Smith A O (AOS) 20.8%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 22.9%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) returned the most: Smith A O (AOS) -3.2%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) +126.2%, Pentair (PNR) -38.9%. Over five years, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) compounded fastest (Smith A O (AOS) -2.8%/yr, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) +16.6%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -2.3%/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%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 0.00%, Pentair (PNR) 0.02%. Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 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) 27.6%, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 52.5%, Pentair (PNR) 36.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AOS, HBB and PNR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding (HBB) 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.