What is B. Riley’s Forecast for AZZ FY2025 Earnings?

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities researchers at B. Riley cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for AZZ in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 11th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $5.13 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $5.35. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $111.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $5.13 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.48 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on AZZ. Roth Mkm started coverage on shares of AZZ in a research note on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Roth Capital upgraded shares of AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, AZZ presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.67.

AZZ Stock Up 1.8 %

AZZ opened at $98.63 on Wednesday. AZZ has a fifty-two week low of $68.76 and a fifty-two week high of $99.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.26. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $87.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $83.49. The company has a market capitalization of $2.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 66.64, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.30.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $403.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $394.30 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.19 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. FMR LLC lifted 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 buying an additional 385,240 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in AZZ by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,100,189 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $90,887,000 after buying an additional 27,710 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in AZZ by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 882,308 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $72,279,000 after buying an additional 142,215 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in AZZ by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 675,603 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $55,823,000 after buying an additional 10,072 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harvey Partners LLC lifted its position in AZZ by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Harvey Partners LLC now owns 666,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $55,018,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

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

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.