AZZ Inc. to Post FY2025 Earnings of $4.90 Per Share, Sidoti Csr Forecasts (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Stock analysts at Sidoti Csr cut their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AZZ in a report released on Tuesday, July 2nd. Sidoti Csr analyst J. Franzreb now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $4.90 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $4.98. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.96 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.53 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.53 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 22nd. The industrial products company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $366.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $351.67 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 15.66% and a net margin of 6.61%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.30 earnings per share.

Several other research firms have also commented on AZZ. B. Riley upped their target price on AZZ from $67.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Evercore ISI began coverage on AZZ in a research note on Friday, June 14th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $90.00 target price for the company. Noble Financial upgraded AZZ from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $95.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, June 11th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on AZZ in a research note on Monday, May 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $105.00 target price for the company. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AZZ presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $93.75.

AZZ Stock Performance

AZZ stock opened at $76.66 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.35, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.25. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $78.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $71.81. AZZ has a 52 week low of $40.07 and a 52 week high of $86.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AZZ

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AZZ. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 4,211.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 365,590 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $16,664,000 after buying an additional 357,110 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of AZZ in the fourth quarter worth about $9,715,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,055,634 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $61,322,000 after buying an additional 106,091 shares during the period. Kennedy Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 37.2% in the third quarter. Kennedy Capital Management LLC now owns 282,716 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $12,886,000 after buying an additional 76,697 shares during the period. Finally, Chesapeake Capital Corp IL purchased a new stake in shares of AZZ in the fourth quarter worth about $2,082,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 10th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 10th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.83%.

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.