A. O. Smith AOS Interest coverage
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Where this comes from
Calculated from A. O. Smith’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: A. O. Smith’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is A. O. Smith's interest coverage?
- A. O. Smith (AOS) reported interest coverage of 39.9× in Q1 2026.
- How has A. O. Smith's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- A. O. Smith's interest coverage decreased by 50.8% year-over-year, from 81.2× to 39.9×.
- What is the long-term trend for A. O. Smith's interest coverage?
- Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), A. O. Smith's interest coverage has grown at a -3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 61.8× to 54×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.