B. Riley Comments on AZZ Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – B. Riley upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a report released on Tuesday, April 23rd. B. Riley analyst L. Pipes now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.26 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.08. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $85.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.71 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.02 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.45 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.12 EPS.

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

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on AZZ. 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 research report on Friday, March 22nd. StockNews.com lowered shares of AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 9th.

AZZ Price Performance

NYSE AZZ opened at $82.43 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.33. AZZ has a 1-year low of $34.59 and a 1-year high of $84.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.03, a PEG ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.28. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $75.28 and its 200-day moving average price is $61.35.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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 is Tuesday, April 16th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.82%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 19.83%.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

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

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.