Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for AZZ Q2 Earnings

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities researchers at B. Riley lifted their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a report issued on Wednesday, September 17th. B. Riley analyst N. Giles now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.52 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.49. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $140.00 price target 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 Q3 2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS and Q4 2027 earnings at $1.62 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the company. Sidoti lowered AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $101.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Monday, June 9th. Noble Financial restated an “outperform” rating on shares of AZZ in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Wall Street Zen lowered AZZ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 13th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered AZZ from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $116.43.

AZZ Stock Performance

Shares of AZZ opened at $113.99 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.21 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a current ratio of 1.51. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $112.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $97.00. AZZ has a 52-week low of $70.90 and a 52-week high of $119.95.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 9th. The industrial products company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.59 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $421.96 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $435.91 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 15.54% and a net margin of 16.40%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.46 EPS. AZZ has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.750-6.250 EPS.

AZZ Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 10th were issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 10th. This is a positive change from AZZ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is 9.27%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AZZ news, insider Kurt L. Russell sold 10,321 shares of AZZ stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.21, for a total value of $1,158,119.41. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 16,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,885,576.84. This trade represents a 38.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Thomas E. Ferguson sold 26,516 shares of AZZ stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.85, for a total value of $2,939,298.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 183,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,305,724.70. The trade was a 12.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 46,837 shares of company stock valued at $5,195,318. Corporate insiders own 1.77% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of AZZ

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of AZZ. SG Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of AZZ in the second quarter worth $16,818,000. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of AZZ by 19.2% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 882,308 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $72,279,000 after acquiring an additional 142,215 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC bought a new stake in shares of AZZ in the second quarter worth $11,701,000. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of AZZ by 19.4% in the first quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 650,072 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $54,353,000 after acquiring an additional 105,723 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of AZZ in the first quarter worth $8,772,000. Institutional investors 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.