Company Analysis

AAON, Inc. (AAON)

Nasdaq: AAON · Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip · Tulsa, OK · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.1
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.1▶ Future 5.1

The grade of AAON, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-11-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-11-09) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
9.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 90th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $384 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 15.8% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.8%top 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 5% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.8% a year. 24% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 25 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, AAON, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 24% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 25 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $594 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, AAON, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 37% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 63 in its family; net margin 7.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 7.5% ranks in the top 48%; revenue growth of 17.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.44Bbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin7.5%top 48% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.5%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 36% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Tobolski, Matthew Joseph (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-05-15, 1.5 years (bottom 16% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.1 years (bottom 44%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 49%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 49% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.1 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.5 yearsbottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $13 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0% of revenue (bottom 23%); a gross margin of 26.7% (bottom 25%); research spending of 4% of revenue (top 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.0%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.0%bottom 23% of its family
  • gross margin26.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4.0%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 30% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17.5% a year over the last three filed years against 15.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 20.1% (top 17%); research spending grew 7.5% a year (top 37%); capital spending grew 13.3% a year (top 26%) (its annual reports). AAON, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: AAON Oklahoma at $801 million (56%), AAON Coil Products at $325 million (23%), Bas X at $316 million (22%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.7 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.1%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.5%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending13.3%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 31% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

AAON, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.4% above the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 43% of its family); net income of $108 million against a prior three-year average of $149 million (bottom 31%); a net margin of 7.5% against 13.5% before (bottom 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.4%bottom 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-28%bottom 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.1 pointsbottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AAON · research, not advice