A. O. Smith Announces Record Earnings for 2010 and Provides 2011 Guidance
A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) reported 2010 earnings from continuing operations of $57.3 million or $1.24 per share on sales of $1.49 billion, which included an after-tax charge of $21.6 million, or $0.47 per share, associated with the flooding that impacted the company’s Ashland City, Tenn., facility in May.