AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) to Post FY2025 Earnings of $5.02 Per Share, Sidoti Csr Forecasts

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Stock analysts at Sidoti Csr lifted their FY2025 earnings estimates for AZZ in a report issued on Thursday, October 10th. Sidoti Csr analyst J. Franzreb now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $5.02 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.95. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.95 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.78 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 9th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $409.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $409.50 million. AZZ had a net margin of 7.63% and a return on equity of 18.19%. The company’s revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.27 earnings per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of AZZ in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Baird R W raised shares of AZZ to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird assumed coverage on shares of AZZ in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $90.00 target price on the stock. Finally, B. Riley boosted their target price on shares of AZZ from $89.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 17th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $95.80.

AZZ Stock Performance

AZZ opened at $77.88 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.84, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.23. AZZ has a 1-year low of $44.83 and a 1-year high of $88.67. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.28.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AZZ

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AZZ by 1.1% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,726,037 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $210,750,000 after acquiring an additional 28,609 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of AZZ by 325.3% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 122,141 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $9,435,000 after acquiring an additional 93,420 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of AZZ by 176.7% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 19,731 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,525,000 after acquiring an additional 12,599 shares during the period. Delphi Management Inc. MA raised its stake in shares of AZZ by 11.9% in the second quarter. Delphi Management Inc. MA now owns 23,685 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,830,000 after acquiring an additional 2,521 shares during the period. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers raised its stake in shares of AZZ by 8.7% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 85,547 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,608,000 after acquiring an additional 6,847 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at AZZ

In related news, insider Tara D. Mackey sold 331 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $83.50, for a total transaction of $27,638.50. Following the sale, the insider now owns 34,229 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,858,121.50. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In related news, COO Bryan Lee Stovall sold 14,545 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.79, for a total transaction of $1,233,270.55. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 20,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,695,800. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Tara D. Mackey sold 331 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $83.50, for a total transaction of $27,638.50. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 34,229 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,858,121.50. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 18th. AZZ’s payout ratio is 53.13%.

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.