Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Specialties
AZZ Inc. AZZ
$139.39 +2.94% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.19B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $6.56, down 24.0% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.68B, up 5.7% from a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +27.8%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 12.7 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth27Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Quality55Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 25%
- Gross marginBottom 38%
- Operating marginTop 20%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
- Interest coverTop 40%
Value69Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 42%
Momentum72Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions36Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 15%
Stability85Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.6% | 5.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 560.4% | -24.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 24.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.9% | 16.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 24.2% | 10.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.7% | 4.6% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -24.0% | 560.4% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Gross margin | 24.0% | 24.2% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 14.9% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 16.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.1% | 24.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.2% | — | Top 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.6% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.25×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -39.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.44×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.57%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.64%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.22%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $150.33
- Target vs current price
- +7.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | +9.5% | -0.3% | +4.1% | +6.0% | -6.7% |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +9.8% | -1.2% | +3.7% | -0.7% | +7.9% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | +6.3% | -0.5% | +10.3% | +14.6% | +14.5% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | -1.3% | +0.8% | -4.5% | -4.6% | +4.4% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | +12.7% | +2.1% | +7.5% | +9.7% | +10.4% |
| Apr 21, 2025 | +0.9% | -4.2% | +5.2% | +14.4% | +35.4% |
| Jan 7, 2025 | +12.1% | -0.4% | +1.0% | +8.8% | -4.9% |
| Oct 9, 2024 | +3.8% | +1.1% | -1.6% | -1.7% | +5.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | $1.85 | $1.69 | +9.5% | $448.5M |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.22 | +9.8% | $385.1M |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $1.52 | $1.43 | +6.3% | $425.7M |
| Oct 8, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.57 | -1.3% | $417.3M |
| Jul 9, 2025 | $1.78 | $1.58 | +12.7% | $422.0M |
| Apr 21, 2025 | $0.98 | $0.97 | +0.9% | $351.9M |
| Jan 7, 2025 | $1.39 | $1.24 | +12.1% | $403.7M |
| Oct 9, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.32 | +3.8% | $409.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.2× | 21.2× | 50th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5× | — | — | Top 30% |
| EV / Sales | 2.82× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.04% | — | — | Top 40% |
| Earnings yield | 4.71% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.2× – 95.0× since May 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +27.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -24.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +87.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.6%
- RSI (14)
- 54.5
- Relative volume
- 0.78×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 29th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2021 | Oct 11, 2022 | -47.2% | 317 days | 303 days (Dec 26, 2023) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -23.7% | 35 days | 58 days (Jul 2, 2025) |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | -18.3% | 45 days | 38 days (Jan 9, 2026) |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -17.2% | 57 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Aug 7, 2024 | -16.9% | 16 days | 73 days (Nov 19, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.19B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.56
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.68B
- Dividend yield
- 0.60%
- 52-week range
- $92.98 – $162.20
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $525.6M | $1.32B | $1.54B | $1.58B | $1.65B |
| Gross profit | $146.2M | $295.9M | $363.5M | $382.7M | $395.0M |
| Operating income | $79.2M | $173.6M | $221.6M | $236.4M | $264.6M |
| Net income | $84.0M | -$53.0M | $101.6M | $128.8M | $317.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.35 | -$2.47 | $3.46 | $1.79 | $10.50 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $409.0M | $403.7M | $351.9M | $422.0M | $417.3M | $425.7M | $385.1M | $448.5M |
| Net income | $35.4M | $33.6M | $20.2M | $170.9M | $89.3M | $41.1M | $15.9M | $52.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.18 | $1.12 | $0.67 | $5.66 | $2.95 | $1.36 | $0.53 | $1.72 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $86.0M | $70.2M | $244.5M | $249.9M | $525.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$28.4M | -$57.1M | -$95.1M | -$115.9M | -$80.8M |
| Free cash flow | $57.6M | $13.0M | $149.3M | $134.0M | $444.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$16.9M | -$22.7M | -$31.4M | -$1.2M | -$23.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$28.0M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $311.5M | -$16.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.1M
- Total assets
- $2.25B
- Total liabilities
- $876.3M
- Total debt
- $542.8M
- Net debt
- $541.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.38B
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | $0.24 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.20 | May 14, 2026 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.20 | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Oct 16, 2025 | $0.20 | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.20 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.17 | May 15, 2025 |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.17 | Feb 20, 2025 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | $0.17 | Nov 1, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,027,621
- Days to cover
- 5.46
- Change vs previous report
- +4.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 31, 2012
- 2-for-1
- May 7, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Aug 30, 1991
- 21-for-20
- Aug 31, 1990
- 21-for-20
- Apr 2, 1982
- 11-for-10