acuity inc. - AYI

AYI

Close Chg Chg %
299.07 9.60 3.21%

Closed Market

308.67

+9.60 (3.21%)

Volume: 745.82K

Last Updated:

Oct 2, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: acuity inc. - AYI

AYI Key Data

Open

$306.03

Day Range

304.98 - 312.06

52 Week Range

257.04 - 380.17

Market Cap

$9.27B

Shares Outstanding

29.94M

Public Float

29.80M

Beta

1.30

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

20.55

EPS

$17.52

Yield

25.73%

Dividend

$0.20

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Oct 16, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

386.92K

 

AYI Performance

1 Week
 
-3.34%
 
1 Month
 
-7.57%
 
3 Months
 
-14.00%
 
1 Year
 
-12.52%
 
5 Years
 
77.66%
 

AYI Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 8
Full Ratings ➔

About acuity inc. - AYI

Acuity, Inc. is an industrial technology company, which engages in the provision of lighting and building management solutions and services. The firm operates through the following segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Intelligent Spaces. The Acuity Brands Lighting segment focuses on the provision of sustainable and intelligent lighting solutions. The Acuity Intelligent Spaces segment includes manufacturing of smart and green spaces using disruptive technologies. Its brands include Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, and Gotham. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

AYI At a Glance

Acuity, Inc.
1170 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7676
Phone 1-770-922-9000 Revenue 4.64B
Industry Electrical Products Net Income 531.30M
Sector Producer Manufacturing 2026 Sales Growth 6.816%
Fiscal Year-end 08 / 2027 Employees N/A
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AYI Valuation

P/E Current 20.551
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.46
Price to Sales Ratio 2.227
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.52
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.632
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.24
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.067

AYI Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 7.343
Total Asset Turnover 0.964

AYI Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.695
Quick Ratio 1.284
Cash Ratio 0.58

AYI Profitability

Gross Margin 48.636
Operating Margin 15.886
Pretax Margin 14.665
Net Margin 11.446
Return on Assets 11.036
Return on Equity 18.645
Return on Total Capital 14.47
Return on Invested Capital 14.804

AYI Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 23.448
Total Debt to Total Capital 18.994
Total Debt to Total Assets 14.31
Long-Term Debt to Equity 16.723
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 13.547
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Annual Financials for Acuity Inc. - AYI

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
3.95B 3.84B 4.35B 4.64B
Sales Growth
-1.35% -2.81% +13.14% +6.82%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.28B 2.10B 2.34B 2.38B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
93.20M 91.10M 133.10M 156.40M
Depreciation
51.10M 51.40M 56.60M 63.30M
Amortization of Intangibles
42.10M 39.70M 76.50M 93.10M
COGS Growth
-2.24% -7.98% +11.65% +1.73%
Gross Income
1.67B 1.74B 2.00B 2.26B
Gross Income Growth
-0.10% +4.24% +14.93% +12.77%
Gross Profit Margin
+42.28% +45.35% +46.07% +48.64%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.17B 1.19B 1.38B 1.52B
Research & Development
- 97.10M 102.30M 140.20M
Other SG&A
1.07B 1.08B 1.24B 1.52B
SGA Growth
+1.02% +1.27% +16.77% +9.79%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
29.40M 3.00M 53.50M 23.70M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
470.90M 553.30M 563.90M 713.70M
Non Operating Income/Expense
3.70M 20.60M (21.20M) (7.40M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 9.00M 29.80M 20.50M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
27.90M 25.30M 42.50M 25.60M
Interest Expense Growth
+3.33% -9.32% +67.98% -39.76%
Gross Interest Expense
27.90M 25.30M 42.50M 25.60M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
446.70M 548.60M 500.20M 680.70M
Pretax Income Growth
-9.56% +22.81% -8.82% +36.09%
Pretax Margin
+11.30% +14.28% +11.51% +14.66%
Income Tax
100.70M 126.00M 103.60M 149.40M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 121.50M 140.20M 127.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 27.00M 19.40M 21.60M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- (47.80M) (33.60M) (45.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
346.00M 422.60M 396.60M 531.30M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
346.00M 422.60M 396.60M 531.30M
Net Income Growth
-9.90% +22.14% -6.15% +33.96%
Net Margin Growth
+8.75% +11.00% +9.13% +11.45%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
346.00M 422.60M 396.60M 531.30M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
346.00M 422.60M 396.60M 531.30M
EPS (Basic)
10.8785 13.683 12.852 17.4862
EPS (Basic) Growth
-3.16% +25.78% -6.07% +36.06%
Basic Shares Outstanding
31.81M 30.89M 30.86M 30.38M
EPS (Diluted)
10.7574 13.4393 12.5344 17.05
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-2.94% +24.93% -6.73% +36.03%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
32.16M 31.45M 31.64M 31.15M
EBITDA
593.50M 647.40M 750.50M 893.80M
EBITDA Growth
-2.47% +9.08% +15.93% +19.09%
EBITDA Margin
+15.02% +16.85% +17.27% +19.26%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 383.00
Number of Ratings 8 Current Quarters Estimate 5.062
FY Report Date 11 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 21.376
Last Quarter’s Earnings 5.77 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 19.90 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 23.324
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 7 7 7 6
Mean Estimate 5.06 4.48 21.38 23.32
High Estimates 5.27 4.70 21.90 23.85
Low Estimate 4.87 4.17 20.85 22.90
Coefficient of Variance 2.97 4.00 1.66 1.70

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 3 4
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 4 4 3
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Acuity Inc. - AYI

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Sep 29, 2026 Nick Tritzon Director 296 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 10,545 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $370.34 per share 3,905,235.30
Oct 28, 2025 Dianne S. Mills SVP & Chief HR Officer 15,293 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $370.34 per share 5,663,609.62
Oct 28, 2025 Dianne S. Mills SVP & Chief HR Officer 18,179 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 10,545 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $368.32 per share 3,883,934.40
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 13,393 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $367.54 per share 4,922,463.22
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 15,232 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $116.36 per share 1,772,395.52
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 12,296 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $156.39 per share 1,922,971.44
Oct 28, 2025 Karen J. Holcom SVP & Chief Financial Officer 20,992 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 14,257 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Barry R. Goldman SVP & General Counsel 7,935 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Neil M. Ashe President & CEO; Director 72,202 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $370.34 per share 26,739,288.68
Oct 28, 2025 Neil M. Ashe President & CEO; Director 94,613 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Neil M. Ashe President & CEO; Director 51,139 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Karen J. Holcom SVP & Chief Financial Officer 25,600 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $370.34 per share 9,480,704.00
Oct 28, 2025 Karen J. Holcom SVP & Chief Financial Officer 31,424 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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