Acuity Brands/$AYI
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About Acuity Brands
Acuity is a leading industrial technology company that offers lighting, lighting controls, and intelligent building solutions. It designs, manufactures, and brings to market products and services relating to these and other offerings. Acuity has two reportable segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Intelligent Spaces. ABL sells commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting, including components and control systems. AIS offers building management and audio/visual solutions to help make buildings intelligent.
- Ticker
- $AYI
- Sector
- Industrials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 13,000
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States
- Website
- www.acuityinc.com
Acuity Brands Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$9B
17.79
$17.05
1.29
$0.77
0.26%
Price and volume
Market cap
$9B
Beta
1.29
52-week high
$380.17
52-week low
$257.04
Average daily volume
374K
Dividend rate
$0.77
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.695
Quick ratio
1.156
Long term debt to equity
0.167
Total debt to equity
0.234
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
4.48%
Interest coverage (TTM)
26.80%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
842.5
Gross margin (TTM)
49.54%
Net profit margin (TTM)
11.45%
Operating margin (TTM)
14.78%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.95%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$360,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
8.91%
Return on equity (TTM)
18.64%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
17.786
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.985
Price to book
3.05
Price to tangible book (TTM)
3.05
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
12.32
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
8.12%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
24.615
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.25%
Forward dividend yield
0.26%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
6.82%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
36.07%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.51%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.50%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
16.58%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
9.91%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
13.98%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
4.00%
What the Analysts think about Acuity Brands
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Acuity Brands stock.
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Bulls say / Bears say
Acuity Intelligent Spaces is becoming the growth engine: third-quarter sales rose 14.9% and adjusted operating profit rose 22.5%, while its adjusted operating margin reached 25.1%. A larger mix of controls, software and audio-visual products could lift the group’s growth and profitability. (GlobeNewswire)
Distech is expanding beyond traditional building controls through share gains, new programmable logic controllers for hyperscalers, and adjacencies such as refrigeration and OEM sales. This gives Acuity exposure to data-centre and intelligent-building investment without relying only on the mature lighting market. (Exa)
Strong cash generation gives Acuity several ways to compound value: it generated $520.2 million of operating cash flow in the first nine months, repurchased about $230 million of shares and continued reducing acquisition debt. This financial flexibility can fund further Intelligent Spaces acquisitions while supporting dividends and buy-backs. (Last10K, GlobeNewswire)
The core lighting business remains a drag: third-quarter ABL sales fell 1.9%, and total group sales grew only 1.6%. Since lighting is still much larger than Intelligent Spaces, prolonged project delays or weak commercial construction could outweigh the faster-growing segment. (GlobeNewswire, MetaTrader)
Input-cost and supply risks could limit profit growth even if sales improve. Management has flagged inflation in metals and operating expenses, medical costs rising 12%, and a memory-supply shock that is concentrated in Intelligent Spaces; the quarter also included a $6.4 million lighting tariff refund. (Exa, GlobeNewswire)
Near-term expectations may be vulnerable if the lighting market stays muted. William Blair cited project delays, requoting, competitive pricing and higher interest rates, and cut its rating to Market Perform while warning that fiscal 2027 earnings could fall short of consensus. (Investing.com)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 28 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Acuity Brands
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Fund name | Fund size | $AYI weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.3B | 0.26% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | £4.7B | 0.26% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.21% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.21% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.12% |
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