Is that a good time to acquire AZZ?

This article is geared to all AZZ investors as well as to investors considering exiting their position in the company. I will inspect why investors should continue to be optimistic in the company outlook. AZZ Calculated Tax Rate is fairly stable at the moment as compared to the past year. AZZ reported Calculated Tax Rate of 25.67 in 2019. Receivables Turnover is likely to grow to 5.71 in 2020, whereas Revenue Per Employee is likely to drop slightly above 225.4 K in 2020. AZZ volatility, while potentially profitable, is also very risky and can lead to larger losses for your portfolios. What is projected AZZ odds of distress for August? We were able to collect and analyze data for thirty-eight available fundamental indicators for AZZ Inc, which can be compared to its rivals. To make sure the equity is not overpriced, please confirm all AZZ Inc financials, including its book value per share, and the relationship between the net income and beta . Given that AZZ Inc has a price to earning of 18.50 X, we suggest you to validate AZZ Inc prevailing market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself for the next two years. Use AZZ to protect your portfolios against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences a normal downward trend and little activity. Check odds of AZZ to be traded at $32.75 in 30 days.
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AZZ INCORPORATED has roughly 36.69 M in cash with 144.76 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 1.4. AZZ is UNDERVALUED at 37.93 per share with modest projections ahead. AZZ Inc utilizes its assets nearly 6.2 percent, securing $0.062 for each dollar of assets held by the firm. An expanding asset utilization signifies that the company is being more efficient with each dollar of assets it shows. Put another way asset utilization of AZZ shows how efficient it operates for each dollar spent on its assets.
Volatility is a rate at which the price of AZZ Incorporated or any other equity instrument increases or decreases for a given set of returns. It is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time and shows the range to which the price of AZZ Incorporated may increase or decrease. In other words, similar to AZZ's beta indicator, it measures the risk of AZZ Incorporated and helps estimate the fluctuations that may happen in a short period of time. So if prices of AZZ Incorporated fluctuate rapidly in a short time span, it is termed to have high volatility, and if it swings slowly in a more extended period, it is understood to have low volatility. Please read more on our technical analysis page.

How important is AZZ Incorporated's Liquidity

AZZ Incorporated financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance AZZ Incorporated ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. AZZ Incorporated financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to AZZ Incorporated's owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of AZZ Incorporated's financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between AZZ Incorporated's total debt and its cash.

AZZ Incorporated Gross Profit

AZZ Incorporated Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing AZZ Incorporated previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show AZZ Incorporated Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check AZZ Incorporated's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

AZZ Incorporated Volatility Drivers

AZZ Incorporated unsystematic risk is unique to AZZ Incorporated and usually not directly affected by the market or economic environment. An example of unsystematic risk is the possibility of poor earnings or a layoff due to coronavirus. One may mitigate nonsystematic risk by buying different securities in the same industry or by buying in different sectors. For example, if you have a position in AZZ Incorporated you can also buy ABM Industries Incorporated. You can also mitigate this risk by investing in the industrials sector as well as in companies having nothing to do with it. This type of risk is also called diversifiable risk and can be understood from analyzing AZZ Incorporated important indicators over time. Here we run a correlation analysis between relevant fundamental ratios over at least ten year period to find a relationship in the way they react to changes in AZZ Incorporated income statement and balance sheet. Here are more details about AZZ volatility.
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Breaking down AZZ Incorporated Indicators

The company reported last year revenue of 1.06 B. Total Income to common stockholders was 48.23 M with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 239.23 M.
AZZ Net Income Per Employee is fairly stable at the moment. AZZ Earnings Before Interest Taxes and Depreciation Amortization EBITDA is increasing over the last 8 years. Additionally, AZZ Revenue Per Employee is fairly stable at the moment. AZZ is selling for 33.08. This is -0.45% down. Today the lowest price is 32.65.

AZZ will most likely finish below $34 in 60 days

Current treynor ratio is at -21.97. As of the 8th of July, AZZ shows the mean deviation of 2.86, and risk adjusted performance of 0.2332. AZZ Inc technical analysis gives you the methodology to make use of historical prices and volume patterns to determine a pattern that approximates the direction of the firm's future prices. Put another way, you can use this information to find out if the firm will indeed mirror its model of historical prices and volume momentum, or the prices will eventually revert. We were able to collect and analyze data for nineteen technical drivers for AZZ Inc, which can be compared to its rivals. Please confirm AZZ Inc jensen alpha and semi variance to decide if AZZ Inc is priced fairly, providing market reflects its regular price of 33.08 per share. Given that AZZ has jensen alpha of 0.4607, we suggest you to validate AZZ Inc's prevailing market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself next year.

Our Final Take On AZZ

Despite some other firms in electrical equipment & parts industry are either recovering or due for a correction, AZZ may not be as strong as the others in terms of longer-term growth potentials. All things considered, as of 8th of July 2020, our concluding 30 days buy/sell recommendation on the company is Strong Sell. However, we believe AZZ is undervalued with below average probability of distress for the next two years. The inconsistency in the assessment between current AZZ valuation and our trade advice on AZZ is due to the recent market swings and your selection of investing horizon. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to AZZ.

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