Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for AZZ FY2025 Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a report released on Thursday, March 6th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $5.17 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $5.23. Noble Financial has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $5.13 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS.

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

Several other analysts also recently commented on AZZ. B. Riley increased their price objective on AZZ from $99.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Roth Mkm initiated coverage on AZZ in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price objective for the company. Roth Capital raised AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.67.

AZZ Stock Performance

Shares of AZZ stock opened at $90.57 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $2.71 billion, a PE ratio of 61.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.27. AZZ has a 52 week low of $69.59 and a 52 week high of $99.49. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $90.25 and a 200-day moving average price of $85.72. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AZZ

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AZZ. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its holdings in AZZ by 3,790.0% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 389 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 379 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in AZZ by 39.0% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 463 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in AZZ by 202.5% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 475 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 318 shares during the period. Quarry LP grew its holdings in AZZ by 2,150.0% during the fourth quarter. Quarry LP now owns 855 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $70,000 after purchasing an additional 817 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its holdings in AZZ by 50.8% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,244 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $102,000 after purchasing an additional 419 shares during the period. 90.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th were issued a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 30th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.