AOS — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of AOS's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-07-30 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-04-30
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +34 | −22 | ~6 | 4 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Risk factors
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-30
In our North America segment, water heater sales grew two percent in the second quarter of 2026. Water heater sales were flat in the first half of 2026 as pricing benefits were offset by lower residential volumes. We project that full year 2026 residential industry unit volumes will decrease low sin…
Our sales in the second quarter of 2026 were $1,004.3 million and were slightly lower than the second quarter of 2025 sales of $1,011.3 million. Sales in the first six months of 2026 were $1,949.9 million and lower than sales of $1,975.2 in the first six months of 2025. Compared to the prior year qu…
Our gross profit margin in the second quarter of 2026 was 38.6 percent compared to 39.3 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Gross profit margin in the first six months of 2026 was 38.6 compared to 39.1 percent in the first six months of 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin for the second qua…
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses in the second quarter of 2026 increased $6.4 million compared to the second quarter of 2025. SG&A expenses increased $17.7 million in the first six months of 2026 compared to the prior year period. The increases in SG&A expenses in the second quar…
Restructuring and impairment expense in the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 was $22.6 million, and was associated with a restructuring plan designed to increase operational efficiency and accelerate growth through footprint optimization and brand rationalization. The expense was related to …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-04-30
In our North America segment, water heater sales decreased two percent in the first quarter of 2026 as pricing benefits were more than offset by lower residential volumes. Our first quarter sales were impacted by softer water heater industry volumes and weather-related production and shipping constr…
Our sales in the first quarter of 2026 were $945.6 million and were lower than the first quarter of 2025 sales of $963.9 million. Compared to the prior year quarter, our net sales decrease was primarily driven by lower sales volumes in residential water heaters in North America, which were impacted …
Our gross profit margin in the first quarter of 2026 was 38.7 percent, compared 38.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to lower sales volumes.
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses in the first quarter of 2026 increased $11.3 million compared to the first quarter of 2025. The increases in SG&A expenses in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the prior year period were primarily due to higher employee costs and transaction c…
Interest expense in the first quarter of 2026 was $7.1 million compared to $2.9 million in the same period last year. The increase in interest expense in the first quarter 2026 was primarily due to higher debt levels as a result of the Leonard Valve acquisition.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice