AZZ (AZZ) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AZZ in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AZZ shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for AZZ's shares. Their AZZ share price forecasts range from $48.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $55.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.9% from the stock's current price.
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AZZ's stock was trading at $40.20 at the start of the year. Since then, AZZ shares have increased by 14.6% and is now trading at $46.07.
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AZZ saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 269,700 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the August 15th total of 240,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 110,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 10th 2023.
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AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 10th. The industrial products company reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $390.87 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $396.65 million. AZZ had a negative net margin of 3.22% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.93%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 88.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.40 earnings per share.

AZZ declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 12th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Wednesday, July 26th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 11th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) stock in their portfolio include Gabelli Automation ETF (GAST), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT) and Gabelli Love Our Planet & People ETF (LOPP).JPMorgan Active Small Cap Value ETF (JPSV).

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.48%.
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AZZ updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.85-$4.35 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.96. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.40 billion-$1.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.52 billion.

30 employees have rated AZZ Chief Executive Officer Tom Ferguson on Glassdoor.com. Tom Ferguson has an approval rating of 41% among the company's employees. This puts Tom Ferguson in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AZZ investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Energy Transfer (ET), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), F5 (FFIV), Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX).

AZZ trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AZZ."

AZZ's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.21%), State Street Corp (3.73%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (3.57%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.42%), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (3.11%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (2.83%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan Lee Stovall, Gary L Hill, Ken Lavelle, Kurt L Russell, Tara D Mackey and Thomas E Ferguson.
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Shares of AZZ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AZZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.07.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-52,970,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.00) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,837 workers across the globe.

AZZ's mailing address is ONE MUSEUM PLACE SUITE 500 3100 W 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX, 76107. The official website for the company is www.azz.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (817) 810-0095, via email at davidnark@azz.com, or via fax at 817-336-5354.