Research Analysts Set Expectations for AZZ FY2025 Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Analysts at B. Riley dropped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of AZZ in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now expects that the industrial products company will earn $5.13 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $5.35. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $111.00 price objective 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.10. AZZ had a return on equity of 16.99% and a net margin of 7.94%. The business had revenue of $403.65 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $394.30 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.19 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on AZZ. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Roth Mkm started coverage on AZZ in a research report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $108.00 target price for the company. Finally, Roth Capital upgraded AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.67.

AZZ Trading Down 0.6 %

AZZ stock opened at $96.95 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization of $2.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.51, 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $87.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $83.39.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AZZ. Creative Planning increased its stake in AZZ by 74.6% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 6,963 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $538,000 after purchasing an additional 2,974 shares during the period. CWM LLC increased its stake in AZZ by 51.2% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 694 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $57,000 after purchasing an additional 235 shares during the period. Procyon Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in AZZ in the third quarter worth $256,000. nVerses Capital LLC purchased a new stake in AZZ in the third quarter worth $116,000. Finally, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in AZZ in the third quarter worth $229,000. 90.93% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared 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 is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.70%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is presently 45.95%.

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.