A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:02.674 I would now like to hand the call over to Helen Gerholt. 00:00:02.674 -- 00:00:05.278 You may begin. Good 00:00:05.278 -- 00:00:07.941 morning, everyone, and welcome to the A.O. 00:00:07.941 -- 00:00:11.265 Smith Full Year and Fourth Quarter Conference Call. 00:00:11.265 -- 00:00:16.772 I'm Helen Gerholt, Vice President, Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis. 00:00:16.772 -- 00:00:21.658 Joining me today are Steve Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer, and Chuck Lauber, Chief 00:00:21.658 -- 00:00:23.781 Financial Officer. 00:00:23.781 -- 00:00:28.166 In order to provide improved transparency into the operating results of our business, 00:00:28.166 -- 00:00:33.273 we provided non-GAAP measures. Free cash flow is defined as cash from operations 00:00:33.273 -- 00:00:35.515 plus capital expenditures. 00:00:35.515 -- 00:00:40.880 Adjusted earnings, adjusted earnings per share, and adjusted segment earnings exclude 00:00:40.880 -- 00:00:44.303 the impact of restructuring and impairment expenses. 00:00:44.303 -- 00:00:49.007 Reconciliations from GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures are provided in the appendix 00:00:49.007 -- 00:00:53.111 at the end of this presentation and on our website. 00:00:53.111 -- 00:00:56.855 A friendly reminder that some of our comments and answers during this conference call 00:00:56.855 -- 00:01:01.269 will be forward-looking statements. that are subject to risks that could cause actual 00:01:01.269 -- 00:01:06.133 results to be materially different. Those risks include matters that we described in 00:01:06.133 -- 00:01:09.516 this morning's press release, among others. 00:01:09.516 -- 00:01:14.441 Also, as a courtesy to others in the question queue, please limit yourself to one question 00:01:14....