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AOS vs MOD vs ZWS

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
AOS65.4
A. O. Smith Corporation
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$59.22 −0.42%$8.0B mkt cap
Score DNA
MOD49.0
Modine Manufacturing Company
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$148.86 −3.40%$7.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
ZWS76.8
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation
Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
$47.06 +0.49%$7.8B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

AOS   MOD   ZWS   · weekly adjusted closes
50100150200250300350400450500550600650700Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26MOD 332ZWS 183AOS 89
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 1
Insider $ bought, 180d — — $0.10M
Congress purchases, 180d 0 0 0
Last Congress purchase — — —
13F net change in holders −20 — +18
ETFs adding shares, 30d 525 212 323
ETFs trimming, 30d 532 145 248
Net ETF funds, 30d −7 +67 +75

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
P/E (TTM) 16.1x
9th
54.7x
91st
28.3x
44th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 0.62
17th
— 0.37
7th
Price / sales 2.1x
41st
2.3x
49th
4.5x
80th
Price / book 4.4x
65th
6.6x
85th
4.7x
68th
Price / tangible book 25.7x
79th
20.0x
74th
141.6x
97th
Price / free cash flow 12.6x
5th
78.9x
98th
20.8x
39th
Price / operating cash flow 11.6x
14th
30.1x
91st
19.4x
60th
Enterprise value $8.5B
57th
$8.5B
56th
$8.0B
51st
EV / sales 2.2x
33rd
2.5x
48th
4.6x
80th
EV / EBITDA 11.3x
11th
28.0x
91st
20.2x
73rd
EV / EBIT 12.8x
7th
38.3x
91st
25.8x
70th
EV / free cash flow 13.4x
2nd
84.6x
100th
21.3x
34th
Earnings yield 6.2%
92nd
1.8%
20th
3.5%
61st
FCF yield 7.9%
95th
1.3%
10th
4.8%
64th
Operating cash flow yield 8.6%
87th
3.3%
13th
5.1%
43rd
Graham number (per share) $32.87
35th
$36.60
46th
$18.97
15th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Gross margin 38.6%
62nd
22.2%
13th
44.8%
89th
EBITDA margin 19.9%
61st
9.0%
23rd
22.8%
80th
Operating margin 17.6%
70th
10.3%
38th
17.4%
69th
EBIT margin 17.5%
67th
6.6%
26th
17.8%
70th
Net margin 13.1%
72nd
4.3%
26th
15.9%
90th
NOPAT margin 13.6%
70th
8.0%
34th
13.2%
66th
FCF margin 16.8%
79th
3.0%
15th
21.6%
92nd
Operating cash flow margin 18.2%
77th
7.8%
20th
23.1%
92nd
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 20.4%
56th
11.2%
10th
25.1%
80th
Stock comp / revenue 0.4%
20th
0.9%
70th
1.9%
95th
Effective tax rate 22.4%
58th
23.0%
65th
24.1%
80th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
ROE (on average equity) 27.1%
86th
13.1%
54th
17.1%
66th
ROA 14.5%
93rd
5.8%
46th
10.2%
74th
ROIC 22.2%
85th
15.1%
72nd
12.5%
62nd
ROCE 24.1%
89th
10.8%
49th
12.6%
57th
Return on tangible assets 19.4%
92nd
8.8%
48th
11.4%
66th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 29.6%
92nd
14.8%
58th
21.8%
77th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 40.3%
93rd
26.7%
64th
28.0%
70th
ROIC, 3-yr average 22.1%
93rd
12.0%
65th
8.1%
42nd
ROIC, 5-yr average 24.7%
96th
15.2%
72nd
8.5%
38th
ROE, 5-yr average 25.8%
89th
20.4%
80th
19.6%
76th
Incremental ROIC 34.1%
59th
81.3%
75th
96.3%
78th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 0.4%
17th
29.5%
93rd
7.7%
55th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 6.2%
30th
-8.4%
2nd
2.1%
7th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 0.6%
20th
12.3%
88th
4.3%
58th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 3.4%
23rd
11.5%
79th
5.0%
39th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 1.4%
19th
19.9%
95th
10.8%
69th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr -2.4%
20th
22.2%
82nd
41.0%
96th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) -3.5%
47th
-23.1%
20th
58.7%
88th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 22.3%
84th
-7.7%
20th
73.9%
100th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) -0.1%
51st
-23.5%
24th
59.5%
88th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 26.0%
84th
-8.2%
22nd
76.3%
100th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 5.8%
43rd
— -1.3%
20th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 29.3%
75th
-13.5%
19th
33.3%
79th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 6.2%
26th
8.1%
30th
26.7%
74th
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 5.0%
25th
24.9%
74th
25.9%
75th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 2.2%
16th
22.7%
91st
2.9%
21st
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 3.8%
72nd
— 7.4%
92nd
Sustainable growth rate 16.4%
83rd
13.1%
70th
12.8%
65th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Gross margin, 3-yr average 38.4%
62nd
23.3%
18th
44.8%
90th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 18.6%
85th
10.5%
37th
15.9%
65th
Net margin, 3-yr average 13.8%
83rd
6.1%
32nd
11.8%
70th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 14.0%
78th
4.0%
13th
19.1%
97th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.64
30th
0.84
60th
0.95
85th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.09
25th
0.50
60th
0.12
27th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.99
100th
0.83
8th
0.91
30th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Cash & short-term investments $181.3M
43rd
$95.3M
25th
$365.0M
61st
Net cash (− = net debt) −$495.4M
56th
−$574.6M
52nd
−$185.5M
72nd
Working capital $517.6M
44th
$777.1M
69th
$640.9M
57th
Current ratio 1.59
30th
2.04
46th
3.05
90th
Quick ratio 1.04
31st
1.22
52nd
2.13
87th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.21
36th
0.13
13th
1.17
93rd
Defensive interval (days) 388 days
28th
763 days
82nd
489 days
46th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Total debt $676.7M
46th
$669.9M
44th
$550.5M
39th
Debt / equity 0.37
27th
0.56
53rd
0.33
25th
Net debt / equity 0.27
33rd
0.48
62nd
0.11
22nd
Debt / assets 18.6%
25th
24.0%
39th
19.8%
28th
Debt / capital 26.9%
27th
35.8%
53rd
24.9%
25th
Debt / EBITDA 0.89
14th
2.21
57th
1.39
25th
Net debt / EBITDA 0.65
23rd
1.90
64th
0.47
21st
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 31.5x
93rd
6.9x
45th
12.0x
66th
Cash interest coverage 32.7x
91st
8.1x
54th
15.5x
82nd
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.0 yrs
16th
2.6 yrs
48th
1.4 yrs
21st
Liabilities / assets 49.5%
44th
56.7%
66th
40.3%
15th
IS credit model rating AAA A+ AA
Implied credit spread (bps) 50
0th
125
44th
80
10th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Asset turnover 1.10
84th
1.34
95th
0.64
39th
Fixed asset turnover 5.69
48th
6.29
56th
11.43
97th
Inventory turnover 4.7
77th
5.0
82nd
3.4
41st
Receivables turnover 5.8
48th
5.4
31st
6.8
74th
Days sales outstanding 63 days
52nd
68 days
69th
54 days
26th
Days inventory outstanding 78 days
23rd
73 days
18th
107 days
59th
Days payables outstanding 82 days
97th
59 days
59th
35 days
11th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 59 days
7th
81 days
13th
126 days
69th
Capex / revenue 1.4%
5th
4.8%
97th
1.5%
10th
Capex / depreciation 0.57
43rd
1.99
95th
0.31
8th
Operating expense ratio 21.9%
56th
12.3%
10th
32.3%
93rd

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Operating cash flow / net income 1.38
45th
1.82
75th
1.45
53rd
FCF / net income 1.28
60th
0.69
9th
1.36
69th
FCF / operating cash flow 92.4%
91st
38.2%
9th
93.4%
95th
Capex / operating cash flow 7.6%
9th
61.8%
91st
6.6%
5th
Accruals ratio -5.6%
15th
-4.7%
28th
-4.6%
30th
Sloan accruals ratio -3.5%
25th
4.1%
82nd
2.9%
80th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 0.75
4th
1.00
25th
1.00
25th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Dividend yield 2.4%
93rd
0.0%
0th
0.9%
51st
Dividend per share (TTM) $1.44
70th
$0.00
0th
$0.44
33rd
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 39.6%
70th
0.0%
0th
25.5%
42nd
Dividends / FCF 31.0%
65th
0.0%
0th
18.8%
36th
Dividend growth (YoY) 5.9%
51st
— 19.5%
86th
Buyback yield 3.9%
87th
0.8%
56th
1.9%
72nd
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 6.3%
93rd
0.8%
23rd
2.8%
67th
Share count change (YoY) -3.4%
7th
0.6%
78th
-0.5%
38th
Buybacks, last 5 years $1.9B
79th
$147.6M
51st
$777.4M
67th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
IS score 65
75th
49
30th
77
98th
IS profitability 66
82nd
34
36th
69
89th
IS growth 39
30th
43
42nd
63
82nd
IS value 55
72nd
27
2nd
53
67th
IS momentum 68
42nd
71
47th
90
88th
IS risk (safety) 100
48th
100
48th
100
48th
IS quality 76
67th
67
41st
88
98th
IS balance sheet 71
64th
63
51st
83
90th
IS earnings quality 71
43rd
69
26th
75
66th
IS cash flow 81
92nd
41
16th
83
97th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 4
8th
5
20th
9
92nd
Altman Z-score 6.3
80th
7.8
92nd
5.3
62nd
Beneish M-score −2.57
40th
−2.20
87th
−2.65
20th
Ohlson O-score −8.47
33rd
−7.47
64th
−9.05
13th
IS credit score 95
97th
76
49th
89
87th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
EPS, diluted (TTM) $3.61
57th
$2.68
48th
$1.63
30th
Book value per share $13.30
23rd
$22.25
44th
$9.80
16th
Tangible book per share $2.44
51st
$13.51
77th
$0.36
44th
Revenue per share $27.47
33rd
$62.45
67th
$10.27
8th
FCF per share $4.62
57th
$1.86
25th
$2.22
31st
Operating cash flow per share $5.00
54th
$4.86
52nd
$2.37
20th
Cash per share $1.31
10th
$1.76
18th
$2.16
30th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
Market cap $8.0B
57th
$7.9B
56th
$7.8B
54th
Revenue $3.8B
64th
$3.4B
56th
$1.7B
36th
EBITDA $758.7M
69th
$303.0M
44th
$396.2M
51st
Net income $500.3M
70th
$144.5M
43rd
$276.1M
57th
Free cash flow $639.4M
70th
$100.2M
25th
$375.1M
54th
Total assets $3.6B
52nd
$2.8B
41st
$2.8B
39th
Shareholders' equity $1.8B
56th
$1.2B
41st
$1.7B
51st
Employees 11,500
67th
13,200
74th
2,600
20th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
1 day −0.4% −3.4% +0.5%
1 week +5.0% −18.1% +1.1%
1 month +4.0% −19.5% +2.9%
3 months +1.2% −34.7% −1.3%
6 months −7.6% −39.0% −1.0%
Year to date −11.9% +5.7% +1.1%
1 year −12.5% −8.2% +1.8%
3 years, cumulative −11.7% +191.2% +77.7%
5 years, cumulative +1.3% +1,174.9% +35.0%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureAOSMODZWS
RSI 14 57.9 30.5 49.9
From 52-week high −26.8% −54.0% −14.2%
From 52-week low +10.0% +33.8% +9.8%
Beta 1.11 1.71 0.83
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