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AOS vs IRBT

Side-by-side comparison of A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS) and iRobot Corporation (IRBT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AOS and IRBT operate in Consumer Electronics/Appliances (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • AOS is the larger of the two at $7.90B, about 4.8x IRBT ($1.66B).
  • Over the past year, AOS is down 9.1% and IRBT is down 88.6% - AOS leads by 79.5 points.
  • AOS has hit the wire 3 times in the past 4 weeks while IRBT has been quiet.
  • AOS has more recent analyst coverage (16 ratings vs 4 for IRBT).
PerformanceAOS-9.47%IRBT-88.61%
2025-11-21+0.00%2026-06-09
MetricAOSIRBT
Company
A.O. Smith Corporation
iRobot Corporation
Price
$58.93+2.74%
$0.56-15.98%
Market cap
$7.90B
$1.66B
1M return
+0.58%
-70.52%
1Y return
-9.07%
-88.61%
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Consumer Electronics/Appliances
Consumer Electronics/Appliances
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2005
News (4w)
3
0
Recent ratings
16
4
AOS

A.O. Smith Corporation

A. O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, tanks, and water treatment products in North America, China, Europe, and India. It operates through two segments, North America and Rest of World. The company offers water heaters for residences, restaurants, hotels and motels, office buildings, laundries, car washes, and small businesses; residential and commercial boilers for space heating applications in hospitals, schools, hotels, and other commercial buildings; and water treatment products, including on-the-go filtration bottles, point-of-use carbon and reverse osmosis products, point-of-entry water softeners, and whole-home water filtration products for residences, restaurants, hotels, and offices. It also provides food and beverage filtration products; expansion tanks, commercial solar water heating systems, swimming pool and spa heaters, and related products and parts; and heat pumps, combi-boilers, solar tank units, and air purification products. The company offers its products primarily under the A. O. Smith, State, Lochinvar, and water softener brands. It distributes its products through independent wholesale plumbing distributors, as well as through retail channels consisting of hardware and home center chains, and manufacturer representative firms; and offers Aquasana branded products directly to consumers through e-commerce, as well as other online retailers. The company was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

IRBT

iRobot Corporation

iRobot Corporation designs, builds, and sells robots in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, and internationally. It offers Roomba floor vacuuming robots; Braava family of automatic floor mopping robots; and Root robots to help children learn how to code. The company sells its products through distributor and retail sales channels, as well as through online stores and resellers. iRobot Corporation was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

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