Acuity (AYI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Acuity (NYSE: AYI), formerly known as Acuity Brands, is a technology company focused on improving how people experience and manage indoor and outdoor spaces. Its businesses develop lighting, lighting controls, building-management systems and related solutions for commercial, institutional, industrial and residential applications.

The company’s offerings include LED lighting fixtures, connected lighting systems, sensors, controls, building automation technologies and location-aware software. Its portfolio includes brands such as Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Gotham, SensorSwitch, nLight and Distech Controls. These products and services are designed to support energy efficiency, operational performance, occupant comfort and facility management.

Acuity serves customers across North America and internationally through sales, distribution and project-based channels. The company traces its origins to the formation of Acuity Brands in 2001 following the separation of its lighting business from National Service Industries. Neil Ashe has served as Acuity’s chief executive officer since 2020.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $314.22 to $327.77
• 50-Day Range: $296.35 to $343.66
• 52-Week Range: $257.04 to $380.17
• Volume: 267,146 shs
• Average Volume: 382,478 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.72 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.97
• Dividend Yield: 0.24%
• Price Target: $374.20
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Acuity Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Acuity scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 133rd out of 661 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Acuity has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Acuity has a consensus price target of $374.20, representing about 14.3% upside from its current price of $327.34.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Acuity has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.88%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Acuity are expected to grow by 10.88% in the coming year, from $20.04 to $22.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Acuity is 16.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Acuity is 16.97, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 32.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Acuity has a PEG Ratio of 1.58. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Acuity has a P/B Ratio of 3.27. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.09% of the float of Acuity has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Acuity has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.81, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Acuity has recently increased by 28.23%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Acuity has a dividend yield of 0.25%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Acuity has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Acuity is 4.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Acuity will have a dividend payout ratio of 3.60% next year. This indicates that Acuity will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.71

News Sentiment

Acuity has a news sentiment score of 0.71. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Acuity this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for AYI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -78% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Acuity to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Acuity insiders have sold 8,422.65% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $22,069.00 in company stock and sold $1,880,864.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.90% of the stock of Acuity is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.21% of the stock of Acuity is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/3 Dividend: 7/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/3 Dividend: 7/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/03/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/01/2026
• Record date for 11/2 Dividend: 10/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/2 Dividend: 10/16/2026
• Today: 10/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/14/2027
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Electrical Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Electrical Components & Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AYI
• CIK: 1144215
• Web: www.acuityinc.com
• Phone: (404) 853-1400
• Fax: 404-853-1430
• Employees: 13,800
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Acuity: $374.20
• High Price Target: $415.00
• Low Price Target: $348.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $17.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.97
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.33
• P/E Growth: 1.58
• Net Income: $531.30 million
• Net Margins: 11.45%
• Pretax Margin: 14.66%
• Return on Equity: 20.30%
• Return on Assets: 12.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
• Current Ratio: 1.70
• Quick Ratio: 1.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.09
• Cash Flow: $25.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.87
• Book Value: $100.16 per share
• Price / Book: 3.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 29,700,000
• Free Float: 28,835,000
• Market Cap: $9.72 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.30