Brokers Offer Predictions for AZZ Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Research analysts at B. Riley upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AZZ in a report released on Tuesday, July 2nd. B. Riley analyst L. Pipes now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.28 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.26. B. Riley currently has a “Buy” rating and a $85.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.96 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.09 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $5.07 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 22nd. The industrial products company reported $0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $366.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $351.67 million. AZZ had a net margin of 6.61% and a return on equity of 15.66%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of AZZ in a research note on Monday, May 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $105.00 price objective on the stock. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on shares of AZZ in a research note on Friday, June 14th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $90.00 price objective on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st. Finally, Noble Financial raised shares of AZZ from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $95.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $93.75.

AZZ Stock Up 1.7 %

AZZ stock opened at $76.66 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $71.81. AZZ has a fifty-two week low of $40.07 and a fifty-two week high of $86.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.35, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.28.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in AZZ in the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Crewe Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AZZ in the first quarter valued at approximately $77,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in shares of AZZ in the first quarter valued at approximately $92,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of AZZ by 253.0% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,026 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 1,452 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in shares of AZZ in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $197,000. Institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

About AZZ

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.