AOS vs NWL vs VIOT Stock Comparison

Smith A O, Newell Brands and Viomi Technology 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
8 wins
NWL Newell Brands Inc.
$5.08 -4.5% 1M +3.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.17B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.25B
Div. yield
0.06%
Home Appliances Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Smith A O leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Smith A O 8, Newell Brands 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAOSNWLVIOTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.54B $2.17B $89.42M AOS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.3x -9.8x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.6x 7.1x — NWL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.7% -2.0% — AOS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.0% -3.0% — AOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.8% 2.2% — AOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 10.0x — AOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.06% 0.00% NWL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.2% +3.0% -57.8% NWL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.8%/yr -26.0%/yr -21.7%/yr AOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 61.9% 98.1% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 48/100 — AOS

Percentile Scorecard

AOSNWLVIOT

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

AxisAOSNWLVIOT
Valuation 67 #19 of 55 55 #19 of 41 –
Growth 32 #35 of 51 50 #21 of 41 –
Profitability 90 #6 of 49 32 #26 of 38 –
Financial Health 70 #17 of 55 10 #38 of 42 85 #7 of 42
Shareholder Returns 41 #24 of 40 92 #3 of 27 89 #4 of 27
Overall 60 48 –
  • AOS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • NWL ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables
  • VIOT ranked among 44 companies in Household Durables

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAOSNWLVIOTSPY
1 month +9.4%-4.5%-11.6% +0.7%
3 months +6.2%-1.2%+71.1% +3.7%
6 months +2.7%+24.5%+32.7% +7.1%
Year to date -5.0%+36.6%-29.3% +12.8%
1 year -3.2%+3.0%-57.8% +11.9%
3 years -8.6%-27.5%+38.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year -3.0%-10.2%+11.4% +22.8%
5 years -13.1%-77.8%-70.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -2.8%-26.0%-21.7% +10.9%
10 years +41.2%-89.7%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +3.5%-20.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAOSNWLVIOTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%61.9%98.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.3%66.6%81.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.701.260.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.110.05-0.59 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.4%-88.1%-89.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.1%-20.1%-58.5% -1.2%
52-week high $80.47$6.36$3.13 $779.14
52-week low $55.34$3.11$0.69 $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.

MultipleAOSNWLVIOT
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 20.3x -9.8xmedian 15.8x —median 15.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 0.7x —median 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 12.6x 14.6xmedian 9.6x —median 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 16.9x 18.3xmedian 12.1x —median 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 3.0x 0.9xmedian 1.2x 0.4xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 1.13 -0.81median 0.63 —median 0.63

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 monthsAOSNWLVIOT
Revenue $3.80B $7.25B –
Gross profit $1.47B $2.57B –
Operating income $668.30M $164.00M –
Net income $494.60M -$221.00M –
Free cash flow $561.70M $118.00M –
EPS (diluted) $3.63 $-0.51 –
Cash & equivalents $234.50M $209.00M $88.99M
Total debt $673.10M $5.01B $16.82M
Shares (diluted) 136.10M 430.20M 70.31M
Enterprise value $7.73B $1.33B -$408.98M

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
MetricAOSNWLVIOT
P/E 17.4x -9.8x –
P/FCF 15.2x 18.3x –
P/Operating cash flow 13.9x 6.5x –
P/S 2.2x 0.3x –
P/B 4.7x 0.9x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 6.9x 2.5x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 11.8x 14.6x –
EV/EBIT 13.4x 42.4x –
EV/Revenue 2.4x 1.0x –
EV/FCF 16.0x 59.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 14.6x 21.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 -0.81 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAOSNWLVIOT
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.7% -2.0% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.0% -5.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.4% 1.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.1% 2.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -7.2% 105.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.9% 45.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) -6.8% 9.1% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 11.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) -3.5% 11.0% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.5% 12.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.6% 105.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -0.2% -10.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.8% 213.5% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.5% -5.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAOSNWLVIOT
Gross margin 38.6% 35.5% –
EBITDA margin 20.1% 6.6% –
Operating margin 17.6% 2.3% –
Pretax margin 16.8% -2.5% –
Net margin 13.0% -3.0% –
FCF margin 14.8% 1.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 16.1% 4.6% –
Return on equity 27.0% -9.2% –
Return on assets 13.6% -2.0% –
Return on invested capital 20.8% 2.2% –
Return on capital employed 24.0% 2.0% –
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x -1.5x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAOSNWLVIOT
Debt / assets 18.4% 45.3% 5.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x 2.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 10.0x –
Debt / FCF 1.2x 42.4x –
Liabilities / assets 50.1% 77.8% 35.4%
Equity / assets 49.9% 22.2% 64.6%
Interest coverage 26.4x – –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.1x 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.5x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 6.22 0.49 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAOSNWLVIOT
Dividend yield 2.3% 5.5% 5.4%
Net buyback yield 3.8% – –
Shareholder yield 6.1% 5.5% 5.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 40.3% -57.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.5% 106.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.4% 6.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.1% -26.4% –

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.

ConsensusAOSNWLVIOT
Forward P/E 17.6xFY2026 7.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.60FY2026 $0.72FY2026 $-0.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +26.3%FY2026 -130.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.0% -5.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.73BFY2026 $6.86BFY2026 $244.47MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.6%FY2026 -4.7%FY2026 -29.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% +15.0% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAOSNWLVIOT
Held by institutions 91.9% 100.0% 6.8%
Institutions holding 615 421 29
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.1% +9.2% +10.0%
Institutions buying 316 234 8
Institutions selling 226 124 9
Buyers to sellers 1.40 1.89 0.89

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.

AOSNWLVIOT
AOS 1.00 0.26 0.01
NWL 0.26 1.00 0.05
VIOT 0.01 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AOS, NWL and VIOT?

Smith A O (AOS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Smith A O (AOS) $8.54B, Newell Brands (NWL) $2.17B, Viomi Technology (VIOT) $89.42M.

Which company is growing faster?

Smith A O (AOS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smith A O (AOS) -0.7%, Newell Brands (NWL) -2.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest net margin (Smith A O (AOS) 13.0%, Newell Brands (NWL) -3.0%). On return on invested capital, Smith A O (AOS) leads (Smith A O (AOS) 20.8%, Newell Brands (NWL) 2.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Newell Brands (NWL) returned the most: Smith A O (AOS) -3.2%, Newell Brands (NWL) +3.0%, Viomi Technology (VIOT) -57.8%. Over five years, Smith A O (AOS) compounded fastest (Smith A O (AOS) -2.8%/yr, Newell Brands (NWL) -26.0%/yr, Viomi Technology (VIOT) -21.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Newell Brands (NWL) has the highest dividend yield: Smith A O (AOS) 0.02%, Newell Brands (NWL) 0.06%, Viomi Technology (VIOT) 0.00%. Viomi Technology (VIOT) 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%, Newell Brands (NWL) 61.9%, Viomi Technology (VIOT) 98.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AOS, NWL and VIOT?

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 8. 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.