Growth Metrics

Smith A O (AOS) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Smith an O (AOS) has disclosed Return on Equity for 16 consecutive years, with 0.3% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.3%, compared with a TTM value of 0.3% through Dec 2025, up 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.29%, up 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity was 0.3% for Q4 2025 at Smith an O, up from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 18.42% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 2.69% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.81%, with a median of 0.46% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity surged 1796bps in 2022, then tumbled -1808bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.47% in 2021, then tumbled by -48bps to 0.25% in 2022, then increased by 21bps to 0.3% in 2023, then dropped by -6bps to 0.28% in 2024, then increased by 5bps to 0.3% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for AOS at 0.3% in Q4 2025, 0.29% in Q3 2025, and 0.52% in Q2 2025.