profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
AZZ
$132.82+5.66% today
+32.9% in 1 year
1-year low $97.641-year high $160.17
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $12.53 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What AZZ sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.32 billion in 2023 to $1.65 billion in 2026, with $317 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
AZZ handed back 10% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $20M$23M
Free cash flow 2026$445M
Bought back its own shares$20M
Paid as dividends$23M
Cash vs. debt$705,000 vs. $538M
AZZ vs. similar companies
AZZ grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZZ | 12.5× · Cheap | ||
 Cintas | 44.3× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.3× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads AZZ's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,324 | 1,538 | 1,578 | 1,650 | |
| 296 | 363 | 383 | 395 | |
| 174 | 222 | 236 | 265 | |
| 252 | 317 | 334 | 566 | |
| -53 | 102 | 129 | 317 | |
| -2.47 | 3.46 | 1.79 | 10.50 | |
| 22.4% | 23.6% | 24.3% | 23.9% | |
| 13.1% | 14.4% | 15.0% | 16.0% | |
| -4.0% | 6.6% | 8.2% | 19.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,221 | 2,196 | 2,227 | 2,213 |
| Cash | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Total debt | 1,085 | 977 | 879 | 538 |
| Total liabilities | 1,368 | 1,261 | 1,182 | 876 |
| 853 | 934 | 1,045 | 1,337 | |
| 25 | 25 | 29 | 30 | |
| 7.2% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 20.0% | |
| -6.2% | 10.9% | 12.3% | 23.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | 244 | 250 | 525 | |
| 57 | 95 | 116 | 81 | |
| 154 | 149 | 134 | 445 | |
| Dividends paid | 23 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| 0 | 0 | 309 | 20 | |
| 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
Valuation
- 12.5×
- 19.4×
- –
- 2.7×
- 2.4×
- 8.9×
- 8.0×
- 11.2%
- 8.0%
- 0.6%
Profitability
- 23.9%
- 16.0%
- 19.2%
- 34.3%
- 20.6%
- 12.2%
- 24.5%
- 14.3%
- 13.4%
- –
Growth
- +7.6%
- –
- +231.8%
- +1.7%
- +6.5%
Financial health
- 0.9×
- 0.40
- 24.3%
- 8.6×
- 1.70
- 1.70
- 0.75
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 7%of 979
Top 21%of 984
Top 18%of 862
Top 47%of 983
Top 11%of 986
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $153.50
- Range
- $152.00 – $155.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 1.34 | 1.19 | +12.6% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 1.52 | 1.43 | +6.3% |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 1.55 | 1.57 | −1.3% |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 1.78 | 1.58 | +12.7% |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 0.98 | 0.97 | +0.9% |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 1.39 | 1.24 | +12.1% |
| Oct 9, 2024 | 1.37 | 1.32 | +3.8% |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.46 | 1.31 | +11.5% |
0.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$6a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.7%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.60 in 2015 → $0.74 in 2025
How safe it looks
7.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 5.2%
News
3 Reasons investors love AZZ (AZZ)Yahoo Finance · Oct 28, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
62Pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
50No pass
Peter Lynch
69Pass
Joel Greenblatt
61Pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
55No pass
Questions about AZZ
Is AZZ a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the AZZ AI analysis
What does AZZ do?
AZZ Inc. provides hot-dip galvanizing and coil coating solutions in North America. It operates through the AZZ Metal Coatings; and the AZZ Precoat Metals segments. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in Fort Worth, TX, United States, with 3,767 employees.
Does AZZ pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.6% a year, about 7% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $23.1 million in dividends.
Is AZZ stock halal?
Yes. AZZ passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has AZZ stock done over the past year?
Up 32.9% over the past twelve months, to $132.82. It traded between $97.64 and $160.17 and is 17.1% below its high.
Who are AZZ's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, RELX, Thomson Reuters and Copart. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with AZZ's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.