TT vs AOS vs AAON Stock Comparison

Trane Technologies, Smith A O and Aaon Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TT Trane Technologies plc
$461.22 +1.4% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$101.48B
P/E
34.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.21B
Div. yield
0.89%
HVAC Industrials
5 wins
AOS Smith A O Corp
$62.08 +5.8% 1M -9.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.44B
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.80B
Div. yield
2.32%
HVAC Industrials
6 wins
AAON Aaon, Inc.
$75.83 -14.9% 1M -27.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.25B
P/E
39.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
Div. yield
0.53%
HVAC Industrials
1 win

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, Aaon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTTAOSAAONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $101.48B $8.44B $6.25B TT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.6x 17.0x 39.1x AOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.5x 17.2x 34.0x AOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.0% +0.4% +53.5% AAON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.3% 13.1% 8.2% TT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.4% 20.9% 12.7% TT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 0.6x 1.5x AOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.89% 2.32% 0.53% AOS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.7% -9.5% -27.8% TT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.5%/yr -2.6%/yr +9.7%/yr TT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 27.4% 59.8% AOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 64/100 42/100 AOS

Percentile Scorecard

TTAOSAAON

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

AxisTTAOSAAON
Valuation 9 #51 of 56 66 #20 of 56 7 #52 of 56
Growth 65 #19 of 52 39 #32 of 52 78 #12 of 52
Profitability 90 #6 of 49 100 #1 of 49 52 #24 of 49
Financial Health 56 #25 of 56 71 #17 of 56 66 #20 of 56
Shareholder Returns 38 #26 of 41 43 #24 of 41 5 #39 of 41
Overall 51 64 42
  • TT ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • AOS ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • AAON ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTTAOSAAONSPY
1 month +1.4%+5.8%-14.9% -0.2%
3 months -1.9%-3.0%-19.1% +3.9%
6 months -4.1%-2.9%-13.9% +8.2%
Year to date +18.5%-7.2%-0.6% +12.9%
1 year +7.7%-9.5%-27.8% +12.3%
3 years +149.7%-8.5%+41.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +35.7%-2.9%+12.2% +23.3%
5 years +153.8%-12.2%+59.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +20.5%-2.6%+9.7% +10.9%
10 years +786.8%+38.3%+285.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year +24.4%+3.3%+14.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureTTAOSAAONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%27.4%59.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.2%26.5%57.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.150.712.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.26-0.35-0.46 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.3%-43.4%-53.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.4%-22.9%-48.8% -1.2%
52-week high $503.46$80.47$148.25 $779.14
52-week low $376.43$55.34$68.85 $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.

MultipleTTAOSAAON
P/E now vs peer median 34.6xmedian 20.1x 17.0xmedian 20.1x 39.1xmedian 20.1x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.5x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 3.2xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 11.8x 11.7xmedian 11.8x 22.4xmedian 11.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 16.2x 13.2xmedian 16.2x -52.6xmedian 16.2x
P/B now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.9x 6.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.97median 0.99 0.65median 0.99 17.96median 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 monthsTTAOSAAON
Revenue $22.21B $3.80B $1.93B
Gross profit $7.86B $1.47B $494.09M
Operating income $3.98B $668.70M $213.50M
Net income $2.97B $500.30M $159.29M
Free cash flow $3.58B $639.40M -$118.79M
EPS (diluted) $13.25 $3.63 $1.90
Cash & equivalents $1.32B $181.30M $13.00K
Total debt $4.62B $637.50M $435.00M
Shares (diluted) 222.50M 137.86M 83.72M
Enterprise value $96.22B $7.69B $6.25B

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
MetricTTAOSAAON
P/E 34.6x 17.0x 39.1x
P/FCF 28.3x 13.2x -52.6x
P/Operating cash flow 25.9x 12.2x 72.2x
P/S 4.6x 2.2x 3.2x
P/B 11.7x 4.6x 6.2x
P/Tangible book 19.8x 6.7x 6.2x
EV/EBITDA 23.9x 11.7x 22.4x
EV/EBIT 26.3x 13.3x 31.3x
EV/Revenue 4.7x 2.3x 3.5x
EV/FCF 29.3x 13.9x -56.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.8x 12.8x 77.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.97 0.65 17.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTTAOSAAON
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.0% 0.4% 53.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 0.6% 22.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.5% 1.4% 36.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.7% 1.3% 16.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.4% -5.2% 39.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.4% -2.5% 5.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.3% -3.5% 30.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 22.3% 2.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 4.5% -0.3% 29.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 26.2% 2.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 16.1% 157.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 5.0% -11.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 26.1% 29.3% 33.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.3% 6.2% -74.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTTAOSAAON
Gross margin 35.4% 38.6% 25.6%
EBITDA margin 19.7% 20.0% 15.5%
Operating margin 17.9% 17.6% 11.0%
Pretax margin 16.8% 17.0% 9.9%
Net margin 13.3% 13.1% 8.2%
FCF margin 16.1% 16.8% -6.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.6% 18.2% 4.5%
Return on equity 34.4% 26.9% 16.4%
Return on assets 12.7% 13.7% 8.7%
Return on invested capital 24.4% 20.9% 12.7%
Return on capital employed 26.7% 24.1% 14.3%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.0x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.4x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.4% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTTAOSAAON
Debt / assets 19.3% 17.5% 23.3%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.3x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 0.6x 1.5x
Debt / FCF 1.3x 1.0x -3.7x
Liabilities / assets 63.9% 49.5% 45.8%
Equity / assets 36.1% 50.5% 54.2%
Interest coverage 18.1x 31.5x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.6x 3.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.0x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 6.11 6.20 6.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTTAOSAAON
Dividend yield 0.9% 2.3% 0.5%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 3.7% -0.6%
Shareholder yield 2.2% 6.0% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 29.6% 39.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.6% 31.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 10.3% 2.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 3.2% –

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.

ConsensusTTAOSAAON
Forward P/E 29.5xFY2026 17.2xFY2026 34.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.64FY2026 $3.60FY2026 $2.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.8%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026 +65.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.2% +15.0% +56.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $25.40BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026 $2.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.1%FY2026 -2.6%FY2026 +69.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.8% +3.9% +16.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTTAOSAAON
Held by institutions 87.0% 91.9% 78.7%
Institutions holding 1,810 614 469
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +7.1% -7.0%
Institutions buying 894 315 241
Institutions selling 579 226 174
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.39 1.39

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.

TTAOSAAON
TT 1.00 0.44 0.48
AOS 0.44 1.00 0.23
AAON 0.48 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TT, AOS and AAON?

Trane Technologies (TT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Trane Technologies (TT) $101.48B, Smith A O (AOS) $8.44B, Aaon (AAON) $6.25B.

Which stock is cheaper, TT, AOS and AAON?

Smith A O (AOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Trane Technologies (TT) 34.6x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.0x, Aaon (AAON) 39.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Smith A O (AOS) is cheapest (Trane Technologies (TT) 29.5x, Smith A O (AOS) 17.2x, Aaon (AAON) 34.0x). 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: Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%, Smith A O (AOS) +0.4%, Aaon (AAON) +53.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trane Technologies (TT) has the highest net margin (Trane Technologies (TT) 13.3%, Smith A O (AOS) 13.1%, Aaon (AAON) 8.2%). On return on invested capital, Trane Technologies (TT) leads (Trane Technologies (TT) 24.4%, Smith A O (AOS) 20.9%, Aaon (AAON) 12.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Trane Technologies (TT) returned the most: Trane Technologies (TT) +7.7%, Smith A O (AOS) -9.5%, Aaon (AAON) -27.8%. Over five years, Trane Technologies (TT) compounded fastest (Trane Technologies (TT) +20.5%/yr, Smith A O (AOS) -2.6%/yr, Aaon (AAON) +9.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smith A O (AOS) has the highest dividend yield: Trane Technologies (TT) 0.89%, Smith A O (AOS) 2.32%, Aaon (AAON) 0.53%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smith A O (AOS) has been the steadiest (Trane Technologies (TT) 29.2%, Smith A O (AOS) 27.4%, Aaon (AAON) 59.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.