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 given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, November 4th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 18th. View AZZ's Dividend History.

AZZ Inc (NYSE:AZZ) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 5.95% and a return on equity of 9.44%. AZZ's quarterly revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AZZ's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $54.00. On average, they anticipate AZZ's share price to reach $52.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.1% 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 trended negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AZZ earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate 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 daily trading volume, of 159,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.7% 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), 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $39.36.

AZZ has a market capitalization of $1.03 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.