B. Riley Research Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for AZZ

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for AZZ in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $5.13 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $5.35. B. Riley currently 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.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Roth Capital raised AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Roth Mkm assumed coverage on AZZ in a research report on Tuesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $108.00 target price for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, AZZ currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.67.

AZZ Price Performance

AZZ stock opened at $97.53 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 65.90, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.30. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $87.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $83.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. AZZ has a 12-month low of $67.32 and a 12-month high of $98.67.

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

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.70%. AZZ’s payout ratio is 45.95%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AZZ. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of AZZ by 13.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,223,391 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $266,284,000 after acquiring an additional 385,240 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 2.6% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,100,189 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $90,887,000 after buying an additional 27,710 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new stake in AZZ in the 3rd quarter worth about $61,139,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in AZZ by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 675,603 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $55,823,000 after buying an additional 10,072 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harvey Partners LLC raised its position in AZZ by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Harvey Partners LLC now owns 666,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $55,018,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

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.