Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for AZZ FY2025 Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities researchers at B. Riley lowered their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for AZZ in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $5.13 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $5.35. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $111.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $5.13 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.48 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $403.65 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $394.30 million. AZZ had a net margin of 7.94% and a return on equity of 16.99%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.19 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Roth Capital upgraded AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Roth Mkm started coverage on shares of AZZ in a report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price target on the stock. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, AZZ presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.67.

AZZ Stock Down 0.0 %

AZZ opened at $97.53 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $87.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $83.29. The company has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion, a PE ratio of 65.90, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.30. AZZ has a 1-year low of $67.32 and a 1-year high of $98.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AZZ

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FMR LLC grew its position in AZZ by 13.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,223,391 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $266,284,000 after acquiring an additional 385,240 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of AZZ by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,100,189 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $90,887,000 after purchasing an additional 27,710 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new position in shares of AZZ during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $61,139,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in AZZ by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 675,603 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $55,823,000 after buying an additional 10,072 shares during the period. Finally, Harvey Partners LLC raised its holdings in AZZ by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Harvey Partners LLC now owns 666,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $55,018,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is currently 45.95%.

AZZ Company Profile

AZZ Inc provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions in North America. It offers metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating to steel fabrication and other industries, as well as to fabricators or manufacturers that provide services to the transmission and distribution, bridge and highway, petrochemical, and general industrial markets; and original equipment manufacturers.