Equities Analysts Set Expectations for AZZ Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities researchers at Noble Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a report released on Tuesday, June 11th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.32 per share for the quarter. Noble Financial currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $95.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.96 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.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on AZZ. Evercore ISI started coverage on AZZ in a report on Friday. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $90.00 price objective on the stock. B. Riley lifted their price target on AZZ from $67.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on AZZ in a research note on Monday, May 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $105.00 price objective for the company. Finally, StockNews.com lowered AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $93.75.

AZZ Stock Down 0.3 %

AZZ opened at $78.15 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a PE ratio of 22.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.27. AZZ has a twelve month low of $38.60 and a twelve month high of $86.94. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $78.40 and a 200 day moving average price of $69.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36.

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

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 17th were given a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 16th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.87%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.83%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AZZ

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in AZZ during the first quarter worth $32,000. Covestor Ltd boosted its position in shares of AZZ by 131.5% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 903 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 513 shares during the last quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of AZZ in the first quarter valued at about $77,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in AZZ during the first quarter worth about $92,000. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in AZZ by 253.0% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,026 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $157,000 after purchasing an additional 1,452 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

About AZZ

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.