AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) Upgraded at Roth Capital

Roth Capital upgraded shares of AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) to a strong-buy rating in a report released on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports. Roth Capital also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.12 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.57 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.55 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.74 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.12 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on AZZ. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Roth Mkm began coverage on shares of AZZ in a research note on Tuesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, B. Riley raised their price objective on shares of AZZ from $99.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.67.

AZZ Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of AZZ stock opened at $98.63 on Tuesday. AZZ has a 12 month low of $68.76 and a 12 month high of $99.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. The business’s 50 day moving average is $87.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.49. The company has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a PE ratio of 66.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.30.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.10. AZZ had a return on equity of 16.99% and a net margin of 7.94%. The company had revenue of $403.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $394.30 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.19 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts predict that AZZ will post 5.13 EPS for the current year.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be given a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 45.95%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AZZ

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in AZZ by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 53,402 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,375,000 after buying an additional 1,944 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. boosted its stake in AZZ by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 3,072 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $252,000 after buying an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in AZZ during the fourth quarter worth $5,052,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in AZZ by 21.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 298,084 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $24,419,000 after buying an additional 52,281 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can boosted its stake in AZZ by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 6,452 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $529,000 after buying an additional 277 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

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.