AZZ Inc. Expected to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $1.32 Per Share (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Investment analysts at Sidoti Csr lifted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for AZZ in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 19th. Sidoti Csr analyst J. Franzreb now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.32 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.29. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.30 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.36 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.72 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $1.52 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 10th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.19. AZZ had a net margin of 5.63% and a return on equity of 13.15%. The business had revenue of $381.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $374.74 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 9th.

AZZ Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AZZ opened at $82.06 on Thursday. AZZ has a fifty-two week low of $34.59 and a fifty-two week high of $82.10. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $56.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market cap of $2.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.27.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 30th were paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, January 29th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.55%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in AZZ by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 25,199 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,464,000 after buying an additional 636 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its stake in AZZ by 217.0% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 39,335 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,285,000 after buying an additional 26,926 shares in the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of AZZ in the 4th quarter valued at about $280,000. Nuveen Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AZZ by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 97,272 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,651,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the period. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board increased its holdings in shares of AZZ by 68.3% in the 4th quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 52,040 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,023,000 after purchasing an additional 21,125 shares during the period. 88.16% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About AZZ

AZZ Inc provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions in the United States, Canada, Brazil, China, the Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, and India. The company operates through AZZ Metal Coatings and AZZ Precoat Metals segments. The AZZ Metal Coatings segment offers metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating to steel fabrication and other industries.