The 10-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past ten years. As of today (2025-07-24), A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio is 0.39.
Competitive Comparison of A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 10-Year Sortino Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where A.O. Smith's 10-Year Sortino Ratio falls into.
The 10-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last ten year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 10-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the ten-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past ten year.
A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.
A.O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) 10-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation
The 10-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past ten year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average ten-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the ten-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.
Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.
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A.O. Smith manufactures a broad lineup of water heaters, boilers, and water treatment products. The company has two reporting segments: North America (75% of sales) and rest of world (25% of sales). A.O. Smith is the leading manufacturer of water heaters in North America for the residential and commercial markets, with approximately 37% and 54% market share, respectively. Residential water heaters account for most of North American sales and are distributed equally through wholesale and retail channels. Most of A.O. Smith's international revenue is from China, a market the company entered during the mid-1990s.
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