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

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

AZZ announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 4th. Investors of record on Monday, October 21st will be paid 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 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 18th. View AZZ's Dividend History.

AZZ Inc (NYSE:AZZ) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.10. The industrial products company had revenue of $289.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $277.20 million. AZZ had a return on equity of 9.44% and a net margin of 5.95%. The company's revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.60 earnings per share. View AZZ's Earnings History.

AZZ is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AZZ.

2 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AZZ's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect AZZ's stock price to reach $52.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.7% 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.

Headlines about AZZ stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AZZ.

AZZ saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 175,100 shares, a drop of 36.9% from the August 30th total of 277,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 159,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock 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), Energy Focus (EFOI), 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 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $38.90.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.02 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.