Noble Financial Comments on AZZ Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for AZZ in a research note issued on Tuesday, June 11th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.32 per share for the quarter. Noble Financial currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $95.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.85 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.31 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.95 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 22nd. The industrial products company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.23. AZZ had a return on equity of 15.66% and a net margin of 6.61%. The business had revenue of $366.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $351.67 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on AZZ in a research note on Monday, May 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $105.00 price target on the stock. B. Riley boosted their price objective on AZZ from $67.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 23rd. Finally, StockNews.com lowered AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $95.00.

AZZ Trading Up 1.4 %

NYSE:AZZ opened at $79.19 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.89. AZZ has a one year low of $38.60 and a one year high of $86.94. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $78.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $68.91. The stock has a market cap of $2.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.27.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 17th were issued a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 16th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is currently 19.83%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Riverwater Partners LLC increased its holdings in AZZ by 1.2% in the first quarter. Riverwater Partners LLC now owns 14,945 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,155,000 after buying an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. Tectonic Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of AZZ by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Tectonic Advisors LLC now owns 15,543 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $903,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp grew its holdings in shares of AZZ by 1.3% during the first quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp now owns 21,947 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,697,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of AZZ by 7.4% during the first quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 5,010 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $387,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of AZZ during the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. 90.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.