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, January 17th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.84. The industrial products company earned $291.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $271.31 million. AZZ had a net margin of 6.65% and a return on equity of 10.79%. The company's revenue was up 21.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.60-2.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.02-1.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.04 billion.

Headlines about AZZ stock have been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a news sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AZZ.

AZZ saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 394,300 shares, a decline of 28.5% from the January 15th total of 551,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 187,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), AbbVie (ABBV), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), AT&T (T), Timkensteel (TMST), Tapestry (TPR) and Twitter (TWTR).

AZZ's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.08%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.89%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.69%), FMR LLC (2.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, FMR LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, 361 Capital LLC and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for AZZ.

AZZ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, UBS Group AG, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC and 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 $43.37.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.14 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.