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Ticker
AYI

Price
311.16
Stock movement down
-7.74 (-2.47%)
Company name
Acuity Brands Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Electrical Equipment & Parts
Market cap
9.37B
Ent value
10.85B
Price/Sales
2.06
Price/Book
3.35
Div yield
0.26%
Div growth
-8.15%
Growth years
-
FCF payout
4.00%
Trailing P/E
22.83
Forward P/E
14.03
PEG
-
EPS growth
14.86%
1 year return (CAGR)
-5.63%
3 year return (CAGR)
16.82%
5 year return (CAGR)
19.60%
10 year return (CAGR)
5.18%
Last updated: 2026-02-18

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.80
Dividend yield0.26%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield0.43%
Average yield0.26%
Minimum yield0.18%
Discount to avg yield-1.08%
Upside potential-1.06%
Yield as % of max yield60.65%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.26%
Current yield distribution52.30%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.18%
Yield at 90%0.20%
Yield at 80%0.22%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.27%
Yield at 20%0.31%
Yield at 10%0.32%
Yield at 0% (Max)0.43%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth-
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.80
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date2 Feb 2026
EPS (TTM)13.00
EPS (1y forward)21.78
EPS growth (5y)14.86%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
AYIS&P500
DGR MR17.65%-13.74%
DGR TTM18.97%6.60%
DGR 3 years-13.21%7.31%
DGR 5 years-8.15%4.69%
DGR 10 years-4.16%6.30%
DGR 15 years-2.79%8.16%
Time since last change announced28 days
EPS growth (5y)14.86%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM5.21%4.00%
Average--
Forward3.67%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E22.83
Price to OCF15.36
Price to FCF17.53
Price to EBITDA13.25
EV to EBITDA15.35

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales2.06
Price to Book3.35
EV to Sales2.39

FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count30.66M
EPS (TTM)13.00
FCF per share (TTM)16.94

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)4.54B
Gross profit (TTM)2.18B
Operating income (TTM)591.00M
Net income (TTM)410.40M
EPS (TTM)13.00
EPS (1y forward)21.78

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)48.11%
Operating margin (TTM)13.02%
Profit margin (TTM)9.04%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash376.10M
Net receivables565.30M
Total current assets1.58B
Goodwill1.49B
Intangible assets1.07B
Property, plant and equipment1.22B
Total assets4.65B
Accounts payable396.20M
Short/Current long term debt910.10M
Total current liabilities762.40M
Total liabilities1.86B
Shareholder's equity2.79B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)610.00M
Capital expenditures (TTM)75.50M
Free cash flow (TTM)534.50M
Dividends paid (TTM)21.40M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity14.69%
Return on Assets8.82%
Return on Invested Capital11.35%
Cash Return on Invested Capital14.78%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open312.61
Daily high314.99
Daily low305.31
Daily Volume287K
All-time high376.69
1y analyst estimate391.25
Beta1.50
EPS (TTM)13.00
Dividend per share0.80
Ex-div date2 Feb 2026
Next earnings date2 Apr 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
AYIS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-17.40%-1.82%
Highest price drop-74.54%-56.47%
Date of highest drop23 Mar 20209 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-22.24%-10.86%
Avg time to new high20 days12 days
Max time to new high2039 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
AYI (Acuity Brands Inc) company logo
Marketcap
9.37B
Marketcap category
Mid-cap
Description
Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, Nightingale, nLight, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and SensorSwitch brand names. This segment serves electrical distributors, consumer retailers, large corporate accounts, and original equipment manufacturer customers. The AIS segment offers Distech Controls intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS), such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that prioritize end-user outcomes; Q-SYS, a full-stack audio, video, and control platform, and QSC Audio, an audio technology for live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals. This segment serves retail stores, airports, universities, enterprise campuses, sports venues, themed entertainment, and hospitality sectors through system integrators. It offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, QSC, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Inc. was formerly known as Acuity Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Acuity Inc. in March 2025. Acuity Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Employees
13000
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
Neil M. Ashe
Country
USA
City
Atlanta
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS
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