Insider trade

Officer sold ~$28K of AOS shares in the open market

Traded Feb 13, 2026 · Filed Feb 17, 2026

A. O. SmithAOS

~$28K
Reported value · 356 sh @ $79.885: 3,295
Holds after · shares reported: -29.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $80.46 → $56.67 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A. O. Smith's SVP; President & GM Lochinvar sold $28K of A. O. Smith shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

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 Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 17, 2026

Officer$25K–$100KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$28,439

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

15 days after results of Jan 29, 2026, 76 days before results of Apr 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $80.46 on Feb 13, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 20% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $59.63 (Apr 8, 2025) to $80.47 (Feb 10, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $66.88 on Dec 31, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references tax withholding

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-3.4%	+1.0%	-4.4%
30 days	-18.8%	-5.5%	-13.3%
90 days	-29.1%	+6.9%	-36.0%
180 days	-22.2%	+12.6%	-34.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000091142-26-000054
Filed / recorded: Feb 17, 2026, 7:25 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: Darrell W. Schuh
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP; President & GM Lochinvar
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 13, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 356
Price per share: $79.885
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 3,295
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Shares withheld by A. O. Smith Corporation to satisfy tax withholding requirements on vesting of restricted stock units.

Around the same time

Officer sold ~$82K of A. O. Smith

Automatic sale7mo ago

7mo ago

356Shares · @ $79.885

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record