--- title: "A. O. Smith: Competitors" description: "A. O. Smith compared with companies that share its SEC industry classification: revenue, growth and margins from SEC filings, and how the peer group is chosen." canonical: https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/a-o-smith/competitors/ source: "Swoopr Investment: https://www.getswoopr.com" --- # A. O. Smith: Competitors & Industry Structure ## Direct Answer SEC EDGAR classifies A. O. Smith under SIC code 3630 (Household Appliances). Among Swoopr's S&P 500 Equal Weight companies, 3 others share that classification; by latest reported revenue, A. O. Smith ranks 3 of 4. A filing classification is a starting point: a company's real competitors depend on its segments, which its 10-K describes. ## How Does A. O. Smith Compare With Its Peers? | Company | Revenue (latest FY) | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Net margin | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Whirlpool Corporation (WHR)](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/whirlpool-corporation/) | $15.5 billion FY2025 | -6.5% | 5.4% | 2.0% | | [SharkNinja Inc. (SN)](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/sharkninja-inc/) | $6.4 billion FY2025 | 15.7% | 14.4% | 11.0% | | **A. O. Smith (AOS)** | $3.8 billion FY2025 | 0.3% | 19.0% | 14.3% | | [Traeger Inc. (COOK)](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/traeger-inc/) | $560 million FY2025 | -7.4% | -17.5% | -20.6% | Revenue growth compares each company's latest fiscal year with the one before. Fiscal years do not always end on the same date, so treat close comparisons with care. ![Bar chart of operating margin for A. O. Smith and 3 peers: Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) 5.4%, SharkNinja Inc. (SN) 14.4%, A. O. Smith (AOS) 19.0%, Traeger Inc. (COOK) -17.5%.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/a-o-smith-competitors-peer-margins.webp) *Operating margin of A. O. Smith against companies sharing its SEC industry classification, from the table above. Select the chart to open it full size.* ## Where These Numbers Come From Every figure on this page is a value A. O. Smith reported in its own SEC filings, read from the SEC's XBRL data (accession 0000091142-26-000008 for fiscal year 2025). Ratios are computed from those reported values. Figures were retrieved on October 12, 2026; a later amendment or a new annual report can change them, and the filing itself always takes precedence over this summary. Each fiscal year is labeled by the calendar year in which it ended, so a company that names the same period differently in its own filings (many retailers whose year ends in January) may use another label. A year is left out of the table when the SEC data set holds no value for it. A figure shown as "Not reported" means the company did not file a value under the standard tag Swoopr reads, not that the amount was zero. This page is educational and describes reported history only; it is not a forecast or a recommendation. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Who are A. O. Smith's competitors? Companies sharing A. O. Smith's SEC classification (SIC code 3630 (Household Appliances)) include Whirlpool Corporation (WHR), SharkNinja Inc. (SN), Traeger Inc. (COOK). Its 10-K names the competitors it considers most relevant. ### How does A. O. Smith compare with its peers on margins? A. O. Smith's fiscal 2025 operating margin was 19.0%, against a peer median of 5.4%. ### How are these peers chosen? By the SEC Standard Industrial Classification code each company files under, within Swoopr's S&P 500 Equal Weight company set, falling back to the two-digit major group when fewer than two companies share the exact code. Classification codes are broad, so read the peer list as a screen, not a verdict. ## References - [SEC EDGAR: SMITH A O CORP Form 10-K filed February 10, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114226000008/aos-20251231.htm) - [SEC EDGAR: SMITH A O CORP annual and quarterly filings](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=91142&type=10-K) - [SEC: EDGAR application programming interfaces (XBRL frames and submissions data)](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces) ## Related Pages - [A. O. Smith company dossier](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/a-o-smith/) - [A. O. Smith financial metrics](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/a-o-smith/metrics/) - [A. O. Smith financial risk indicators](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/a-o-smith/risks/) - [A. O. Smith peer comparison](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/companies/a-o-smith/competitors/) - [A. O. 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