Noble Financial Comments on AZZ’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Investment analysts at Noble Financial decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of AZZ in a report issued on Thursday, March 6th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $5.17 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $5.23. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $5.13 per share. Noble Financial also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.10. AZZ had a net margin of 7.94% and a return on equity of 16.99%. The company had revenue of $403.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $394.30 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.19 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the company. Roth Capital raised AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Roth Mkm initiated coverage on AZZ in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Finally, B. Riley upped their price target on AZZ from $99.00 to $111.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.67.

AZZ Stock Performance

AZZ stock opened at $90.17 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. AZZ has a 1 year low of $69.59 and a 1 year high of $99.49. The company has a market cap of $2.69 billion, a PE ratio of 60.92, a PEG ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.27. The company’s 50-day moving average is $89.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $85.61.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th were paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.75%. AZZ’s payout ratio is 45.95%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AZZ. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new stake in AZZ during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $61,139,000. FMR LLC boosted its position in AZZ by 13.6% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,223,391 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $266,284,000 after acquiring an additional 385,240 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in AZZ by 554.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 251,823 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $20,629,000 after acquiring an additional 213,355 shares during the last quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in AZZ during the 4th quarter worth approximately $10,612,000. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in AZZ by 4.8% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,729,287 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $223,584,000 after acquiring an additional 124,392 shares during the last quarter. 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.