AZZ (AZZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AZZ Inc. is a provider of metal coating solutions serving customers primarily in North America. The company operates through its Metal Coatings and Precoat Metals segments, helping protect and enhance the performance, appearance, and durability of steel and other metal products used across a range of industries.

Through its Metal Coatings segment, AZZ provides hot-dip galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, plating, and related coating services. These treatments are used for corrosion protection and finishing applications involving infrastructure, construction, industrial, transportation, and other metal products.

Precoat Metals provides coil coating services for steel and aluminum products before they are fabricated. Its coatings are used in applications such as building materials, transportation products, appliances, packaging, and other consumer and industrial goods. AZZ is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and has a history dating to its founding in 1956.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $129.74 to $135.60
• 50-Day Range: $130.53 to $153.50
• 52-Week Range: $94.61 to $162.20
• Volume: 329,513 shs
• Average Volume: 282,382 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.52
• Dividend Yield: 0.74%
• Price Target: $153.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

AZZ Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AZZ scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 216th out of 658 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

AZZ has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

AZZ has a consensus price target of $153.20, representing about 17.4% upside from its current price of $130.53.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AZZ has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AZZ are expected to grow by 7.62% in the coming year, from $7.09 to $7.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AZZ is 23.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.21.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AZZ is 23.52, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.47.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AZZ has a P/B Ratio of 2.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.76% of the float of AZZ has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AZZ has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AZZ has recently decreased by 20.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

AZZ has a dividend yield of 0.70%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AZZ does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AZZ is 17.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, AZZ will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.58% next year. This indicates that AZZ will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

AZZ has a news sentiment score of 0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 38 news articles for AZZ this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for AZZ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AZZ insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,049,718.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.70% of the stock of AZZ is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.93% of the stock of AZZ is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/30 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/30 Dividend: 7/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/13/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Record date for 11/5 Dividend: 10/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/5 Dividend: 10/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 2/28/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Building Products
• Sub-Industry: Building Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AZZ
• CIK: 8947
• Web: www.azz.com
• Phone: (817) 810-0095
• Fax: 817-336-5354
• Employees: 3,767
• Year Founded: 1956

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AZZ: $153.20
• High Price Target: $174.00
• Low Price Target: $145.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.52
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.41
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $317.26 million
• Net Margins: 9.59%
• Pretax Margin: 12.94%
• Return on Equity: 14.85%
• Return on Assets: 8.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.33
• Current Ratio: 1.79
• Quick Ratio: 1.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.65 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.37
• Cash Flow: $9.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.16
• Book Value: $47.29 per share
• Price / Book: 2.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 29,920,000
• Free Float: 29,541,000
• Market Cap: $3.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.13