Growth Metrics

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

Smith an O's Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.14%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.14%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.14% in Q4 2025 per AOS's latest filing, down from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.16% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.13% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.13%, with a median of 0.14% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: dropped -27bps in 2022, then rose 27bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.14% in 2021, then plummeted by -191bps to 0.13% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 208bps to 0.14% in 2023, then decreased by -13bps to 0.12% in 2024, then rose by 14bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AOS's Return on Sales are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.14% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).