AZZ (AZZ) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.00
- Estimate
- $1.84
- Surprise
- +8.4%
- Revenue (period 2026-08-31)
- $486.9M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.4 → 5.6/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
AZZ (AZZ) beat the $1.84 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.00 — a clear 8.4% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.4/10) to Hold at 5.6/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AZZ Hold at 5.6/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +8.4% surprise compares with a +7.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.63)
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 4.4%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $136.71
- Price target
- $142.68
- Stop
- $130.11
- Upside to target
- +4.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.8:1
The stock trades at 20.8× trailing but 17.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AZZ at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $4.11B
- P/E (fwd)
- 17.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 20.8
- 52-week range
- $94.61–$162.20
- Off 52-week high
- 15.7%
- RSI (14)
- 47
- Volume vs avg
- 1.64×
- Score today
- 5.6/10