FY2025 Earnings Forecast for AZZ Issued By Noble Financial
by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat GemAZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ – Free Report) – Equities research analysts at Noble Financial dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a research note issued on Thursday, March 6th. Noble Financial analyst M. Reichman now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $5.17 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $5.23. Noble Financial has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. 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.
Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. B. Riley upped their price target on AZZ from $99.00 to $111.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Roth Mkm began coverage on AZZ in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $108.00 price target on the stock. Roth Capital upgraded AZZ to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, 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 report on Friday, December 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.67.
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AZZ Trading Up 3.2 %
NYSE AZZ opened at $90.57 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $90.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $85.72. AZZ has a 12 month low of $69.59 and a 12 month high of $99.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.71 billion, a PE ratio of 61.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.27. 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 (NYSE:AZZ – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $403.65 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $394.30 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 16.99% and a net margin of 7.94%. AZZ’s quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.19 EPS.
AZZ Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th were paid a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 30th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is 45.95%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AZZ. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of AZZ by 3,790.0% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 389 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 379 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE raised its stake in AZZ by 39.0% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 463 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 130 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in AZZ by 202.5% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 475 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 318 shares during the period. Quarry LP raised its stake in AZZ by 2,150.0% during the 4th quarter. Quarry LP now owns 855 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 817 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its stake in AZZ by 50.8% during the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,244 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $102,000 after buying an additional 419 shares during the period. 90.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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.
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