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AZZ · CIK 0000008947 · FY2026 live · 2026-02-28

AZZ INC

GreySEC 10-KClassic ZMaterials73rd percentile in Materials · 260 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

2.70

Zone

Grey

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

2.70

Z″ 4.19

−21.83.08+

Score 2.70 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.07
    1.2 × = 0.09
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.40
    1.4 × = 0.56
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.12
    3.3 × = 0.39
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    1.53
    0.6 × = 0.92
  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.75
    1 × = 0.75

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

77.18

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    75

  • Year change

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    83

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

No published events on this print.

Overview

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AZZ INC is on classic Z at 2.70 (grey) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Grey; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 73rd percentile in Materials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$395M

Total assets

$2.2B

Current liabilities

$232M

Total liabilities

$876M

Working capital

$163M

Retained earnings

$884M

EBIT

$265M

Total sales

$1.7B

Book equity

$1.3B

Accession 0000008947-26-000068. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-02-28). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.