NYSE:AZZ - AZZ Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

AZZ declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, July 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, August 5th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 19th. View AZZ's Dividend History.

AZZ Inc (NYSE:AZZ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.10. The industrial products company earned $289.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $277.20 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 9.44% and a net margin of 5.95%. AZZ's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. View AZZ's Earnings History.

AZZ is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AZZ.

AZZ updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.25-2.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.47. The company issued revenue guidance of $950 million - $1.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $983.16 million.

2 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for AZZ's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect AZZ's share price to reach $52.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AZZ.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AZZ in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AZZ.

News stories about AZZ stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AZZ.

AZZ saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 210,400 shares, an increase of 24.2% from the June 30th total of 169,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 157,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View AZZ's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AZZ include LSI Industries (LYTS), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Revolution Lighting Technologies (RVLT), Capstone Companies (CAPC), Energy Focus (EFOI), ExeLED (ELED) and Lighting Science Group (LSCG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AZZ investors own include Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Mylan (MYL), Starbucks (SBUX), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Alon USA Energy (ALJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), Twitter (TWTR) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

AZZ's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.09%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.21%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.78%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.68%) and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.48%). Company insiders that own AZZ stock include Daniel R Feehan, Kevern R Joyce, Matthew Varley Emery, Paul Wesley Fehlman and Thomas E Ferguson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AZZ.

AZZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Rutabaga Capital Management LLC MA, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Eagle Boston Investment Management Inc., AlphaOne Investment Services LLC and Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for AZZ.

AZZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Dupont Capital Management Corp and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. Company insiders that have bought AZZ stock in the last two years include Paul Wesley Fehlman and Thomas E Ferguson. View Insider Buying and Selling for AZZ.

Shares of AZZ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.50.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.09 billion and generates $927.09 million in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $51.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.96 on an earnings per share basis. AZZ employs 3,884 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AZZ.

The official website for AZZ is http://www.azz.com/.

AZZ's mailing address is ONE MUSEUM PLACE SUITE 500 3100 W 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX, 76107. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 817-810-0095.