Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Feb 13, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 17, 2026
OfficerGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0000091142-26-000056
Filed / recorded
Feb 17, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
SMITH A O CORP
Issuer CIK
91142
Ticker
AOS
Reporting person
James F Stern
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
Exec VP, Corp Dev, Strat & Sec
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Feb 13, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
1,633
Price per share
$79.89
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
101,547
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Represents vesting of performance stock units at 150% of the target award amount and conversion to shares of A. O. Smith Corporation's Common Stock upon achievement of performance criteria for the 2023 - 2025 performance period.