Azz $AZZ Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred

🫧 Edgar looked up AZZ Inc. ($AZZ). Last filing: 8-K (5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers), 2026-08-03. 16 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $1.7B (FY2026), total debt $477.7M. Experience: revenue up 4.6% on the year, up 33.1% a year over 4 years; operating margin 16.0%, up from 15.0%. Soundness: equity 60.4% of assets, return on equity 23.7%, payout 7.3% of profit, dividend per share up 1 year running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $1.1B and $2.7B next year (method v4.1: its own 5-year record of growth weighed at 57% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $790.4M to $3.7B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (38 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 16.0% against a 8.1% median; growth 4.6% against 2.4%.

Next year, 80%$1.1B–$2.7B
Growth, on the year4.6%
Operating margin16.0%
Equity of assets60.4%
Credibility57%
Track record10 of 13
AZZ Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 8.1%16.0%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 2.4%4.6%Equity of assetsPeer median 48.5%60.4%Return on equityPeer median 8.5%23.7%Payout of profitPeer median 24.6%7.3%Gold tick: the median of 26–39 peers with $50M+ revenue in coating, engraving & allied services
Handed back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
7.3% paid out92.7% keptHanded back per share$0.77up 1 year runningGrowth its own profit can fund22.0%managed 4.6% last year

Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

Speed and cash · fiscal 2025

Cash Compass🌱 Cash cow later · growing fast, and already turning revenue into cash
Inside viewTurns 31.8% of revenue into operating cash; revenue growing 7.6% a year over three years; pays and raised its dividend.
Outside viewAmong $1B-10B companies: 84th percentile for cash, 62nd for growth. cash growth

Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.

Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free)$525M · −$91M · −$434M · $445M
Investment book (cash · short · long)$1M · — · — · current ratio 1.70
Revenue swing · equity of assets42.9% · 59.1%

Azz is growing faster than its size class, with revenue that swings more. Its own audited SEC figures.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2026-02-28
Revenue$1.7B
Revenue, on the year4.6%
Revenue, a year over the record33.1%
Operating margin16.0%
Operating margin, prior year15.0%
Net margin19.2%
Research and developmentnot filed separately
Total debt$478M
Equity of assets60.4%
Return on equity23.7%
Payout of profit7.3%
Dividend per share$0.77 · up 1 year running
Earnings per share$10.59
Book value per share$44.26
Revenue per share$54.62
Shares outstanding30,211,000
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 38 filers with $50M+ revenue in coating, engraving & allied services.

Health HarborAzz sails as: Sound ship

Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×3

Sailing speed follows growth: 7.6% a year crosses the harbor in 57 seconds.

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  • revenue is hard to predict: its 80% range is ±42%

Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.

Recent filings

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