B. Riley Equities Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AZZ in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 23rd. B. Riley analyst L. Pipes now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.42 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.25. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $85.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for AZZ’s current full-year earnings is $4.83 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AZZ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.29 EPS.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on the company. Noble Financial lowered AZZ from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $75.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday, March 22nd. StockNews.com raised AZZ from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday.

AZZ Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:AZZ opened at $73.27 on Thursday. AZZ has a 1-year low of $34.59 and a 1-year high of $84.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion, a PE ratio of 21.36, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.28. The business’s 50 day moving average is $75.30 and its 200-day moving average is $61.43. The company has a current ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.36.

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

Institutional Trading of AZZ

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in AZZ by 30.4% in the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 28,721 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,220,000 after buying an additional 6,703 shares in the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in AZZ in the 1st quarter valued at $237,000. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in AZZ in the 1st quarter valued at $215,000. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in AZZ in the 1st quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in AZZ in the 4th quarter valued at $1,162,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.93% of the company’s stock.

AZZ Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 17th will be paid a $0.17 dividend. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 16th. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is 19.83%.

AZZ Company Profile

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.