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AZZ Inc (NYSE: AZZ) closed the day trading at $83.74 up 0.02% from the previous closing price of $83.72. In other words, the price has increased by $0.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.77 million shares were traded. AZZ stock price reached its highest trading level at $85.09 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.68.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AZZ, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1690.77 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 18.54. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.26 and its Current Ratio is at 1.77. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.88 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.87.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, ROTH MKM on February 11, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $108.
On July 23, 2024, Robert W. Baird started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $90.Robert W. Baird initiated its Neutral rating on July 23, 2024, with a $90 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 18 ’24 when Stovall Bryan Lee sold 14,545 shares for $84.79 per share. The transaction valued at 1,233,276 led to the insider holds 20,000 shares of the business.
Mackey Tara D sold 9,434 shares of AZZ for $798,834 on Jul 16 ’24. The Chief Legal Officer now owns 24,795 shares after completing the transaction at $84.68 per share. On Jul 15 ’24, another insider, Mackey Tara D, who serves as the Chief Legal Officer of the company, sold 331 shares for $83.50 each. As a result, the insider received 27,638 and left with 34,229 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AZZ now has a Market Capitalization of 2502335488 and an Enterprise Value of 3408177920. As of this moment, AZZ’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 79.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.43. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.14 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.471.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AZZ is 1.22, which has changed by 0.020472884 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AZZ has reached a high of $99.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $69.59. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.15%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.13%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AZZ traded about 232.80K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AZZ traded about 312530 shares per day. A total of 29.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 29.28M. Insiders hold about 2.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.84% stake in the company. Shares short for AZZ as of 1740700800 were 1099120 with a Short Ratio of 4.72, compared to 1738281600 on 544760. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1099120 and a Short% of Float of 5.4399999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
AZZ’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.68, up from 0.68 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.008122313The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.42. The current Payout Ratio is 19.66% for AZZ, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1738195200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-07-31 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
