Noble Financial Has Optimistic Outlook of AZZ Q3 Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Analysts at Noble Financial upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of AZZ in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, January 3rd. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.25 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.20. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $5.08 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for AZZ’s FY2025 earnings at $5.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.70 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 9th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.05. AZZ had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 7.63%. The company had revenue of $409.01 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $409.50 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.27 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $96.80.

AZZ Stock Performance

NYSE AZZ opened at $85.22 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 66.58, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91. AZZ has a twelve month low of $55.78 and a twelve month high of $97.98. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $81.74.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AZZ

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AZZ. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of AZZ by 3,790.0% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 389 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 379 shares during the period. Point72 DIFC Ltd acquired a new position in shares of AZZ during the second quarter valued at about $52,000. CWM LLC boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 51.2% during the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 694 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $57,000 after purchasing an additional 235 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of AZZ in the 2nd quarter valued at about $67,000. Finally, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in AZZ in the 2nd quarter valued at about $100,000. 90.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.