AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.500-6.100 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.860. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of AZZ from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, AZZ currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $96.80.

AZZ Price Performance

AZZ stock traded up $2.93 on Thursday, hitting $95.48. 647,030 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 196,876. AZZ has a 1-year low of $63.85 and a 1-year high of $97.98. The stock has a market cap of $2.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $87.47 and a 200-day moving average of $82.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85.

AZZ (NYSE:AZZ) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 7th. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.10. AZZ had a net margin of 7.94% and a return on equity of 16.99%. The business had revenue of $403.65 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $394.30 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.19 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that AZZ will post 5.13 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AZZ Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.71%. AZZ’s dividend payout ratio is currently 45.95%.

About AZZ

AZZ Inc provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions in North America. It offers metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot-dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating to steel fabrication and other industries, as well as to fabricators or manufacturers that provide services to the transmission and distribution, bridge and highway, petrochemical, and general industrial markets; and original equipment manufacturers.