NYSE:AZZ - AZZ Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AZZ declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 21st will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, November 4th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 18th. View AZZ's Dividend History.

AZZ Inc (NYSE:AZZ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 9th. The industrial products company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.84. The industrial products company earned $291.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.31 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 6.65%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 21.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.59 EPS. View AZZ's Earnings History.

AZZ is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AZZ.

AZZ updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.60-2.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.79. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.02-1.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.03 billion.

Media stories about AZZ stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for AZZ.

AZZ saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 551,300 shares, an increase of 23.1% from the December 15th total of 448,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 181,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View AZZ's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AZZ investors own include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Timkensteel (TMST), Twitter (TWTR), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), AAON (AAON), Conn's (CONN), Five Below (FIVE), Hawaiian (HA) and Starbucks (SBUX).

AZZ's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.21%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for AZZ.

AZZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.07.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.16 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.