AZZ (STU:AI7) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of May. 2026)

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STU:AI7 AZZ Inc STU:AI7
85 GF Score
Price €115.00
GF Value €74.15
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What is AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

AZZ's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was €8 Mil. AZZ's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was €457 Mil. AZZ's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was €346 Mil. AZZ's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 was 1.34.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:AI7' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.95   Med: 2.4   Max: 4.31
Current: 1.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of AZZ was 4.31. The lowest was 0.95. And the median was 2.40.

STU:AI7's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
54.97% of 835 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs STU:AI7: 1.36

AZZ  (STU:AI7) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:AI7 vs FA, AMTM, UNF: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


STU:AI7
85GF Score
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AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.3507241466926 + 448.63809604472) / 491.49999936698
=0.93

AZZ's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.1425939414714 + 457.01615321993) / 346.25950981221
=1.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (May. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is AZZ (STU:AI7) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, AZZ stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €115.00 is trading 55.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of €74.15.

Key valuation signals for STU:AI7:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €74.15 vs. price of €115.00 (55.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 85/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:AI7 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


AZZ Business Description

Other Exchanges AZZ:USAAI7:Germany
Address 3100 West 7th Street, Suite 500, One Museum Place, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 76107
AZZ Inc is a provider of galvanizing and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end markets in North America. The company's operating segment consists of AZZ Metal Coatings, AZZ Precoat Metals, and AZZ Infrastructure Solutions. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Precoat Metals segment, which provides coil coating application of protective and decorative coatings and related value-added downstream processing for steel and aluminum coils. Geographically, the company operates in the United States and Canada.
85GF Score

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€115.00
Price
€74.15
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