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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AZZ (AZZ)

AZZ Full-Year Sales Rise 4.6% to $1.65 Billion; Q4 Net Income Falls 21.2%

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

AZZ reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2026 results for the year ended February 28, 2026, in a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1. Full-year sales rose 4.6% to $1.65 billion and GAAP net income rose 146.3% to $317.3 million, which the company said was meaningfully affected by equity in earnings from the AVAIL joint venture divestitures, while fourth-quarter GAAP net income fell 21.2% despite 9.4% sales growth. The company reiterated its fiscal 2027 guidance, which sets the baseline for shareholder expectations.

Key points

  • Fiscal 2026 sales were $1.65 billion, up 4.6%; GAAP net income was $317.3 million, up 146.3%, and GAAP diluted EPS was $10.50.
  • Fourth-quarter sales were $385.1 million, up 9.4%; net income was $15.9 million, down 21.2%; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.53, while adjusted diluted EPS was $1.34, up 36.7%.
  • Fiscal 2027 guidance was reiterated: sales of $1.725 to $1.775 billion and adjusted diluted EPS of $6.50 to $7.00.
  • Net leverage was 1.4x, down from 2.5x, after debt reduction of $385.3 million; a conference call is set for April 23, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. ET.

The filing

CompanyAZZ (AZZ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 22, 2026, 4:09 PM ET
Accession number0000008947-26-000069

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 22, 2026.

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