Q1 2025 EPS Estimates for AZZ Inc. Boosted by Analyst (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Stock analysts at Sidoti Csr upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AZZ in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 23rd. Sidoti Csr analyst J. Franzreb now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.35 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.29. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.83 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

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

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on AZZ. StockNews.com cut AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 9th. Noble Financial cut AZZ from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $75.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Friday, March 22nd. Finally, B. Riley boosted their price objective on AZZ from $67.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday.

AZZ Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:AZZ opened at $82.43 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.28. AZZ has a 1-year low of $34.59 and a 1-year high of $84.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $75.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $61.35.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 17th will be paid a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 16th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.82%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.83%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AZZ. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of AZZ in the 3rd quarter valued at about $389,000. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of AZZ by 14.7% in the 3rd quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,357 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $244,000 after acquiring an additional 688 shares during the last quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank increased its stake in shares of AZZ by 41.2% in the 3rd quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 4,789 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $218,000 after acquiring an additional 1,398 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of AZZ by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 11,079 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $505,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in AZZ during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $485,000. 90.93% of the stock is owned by 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.