AZZ Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AZZ)

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 paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, August 5th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 19th. View AZZ's Dividend History.

AZZ Inc (NYSE:AZZ) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.10. The industrial products company earned $289.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $277.20 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 9.44% and a net margin of 5.95%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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 issued an update on 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 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for AZZ's stock. Their predictions range from $50.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate AZZ's stock price to reach $52.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% 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.

Media headlines about AZZ stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AZZ.

AZZ saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 337,300 shares, an increase of 60.3% from the July 31st total of 210,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 150,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View AZZ's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AZZ include LSI Industries (LYTS), Orion Energy Systems (OESX), Capstone Companies (CAPC), Revolution Lighting Technologies (RVLT), 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), Five Below (FIVE), Mylan (MYL), Starbucks (SBUX), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Alon USA Energy (ALJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), salesforce.com (CRM) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).

AZZ's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.55%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.09%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.21%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (5.40%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.78%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.68%). 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 bought 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., Van Berkom & Associates Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Dupont Capital Management Corp. 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 $42.97.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.12 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.