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Acuity (AYI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$273.26 -4.18 (-1.50%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$274.22 +0.97 (+0.35%)
As of 06/20/2025 06:36 PM Eastern
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About Acuity Stock (NYSE:AYI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$272.08
$279.42
50-Day Range
$228.66
$277.59
52-Week Range
$216.81
$345.30
Volume
491,523 shs
Average Volume
303,681 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.45 billion
P/E Ratio
20.72
Dividend Yield
0.25%
Price Target
$323.60
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Acuity Brands, Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, location-aware applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL); and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG). The ABL segment provides commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting solutions, as well as lighting controls and components for various indoor and outdoor applications under the A-Light, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, Indy, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, nLight, OPTOTRONIC, Peerless, RELOCWiring Solutions, and Sensor Switch. This segment serves electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, electric utilities, national accounts, original equipment manufacturers, digital retailers, lighting showrooms, and energy service companies. The ISG segment offers building management solutions, such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that deliver end-to-end optimization of those building systems; and building management software that enhances building system management and automates labor intensive tasks. This segment serves system integrators, as well as retail stores, airports, and enterprise campuses. The company offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Acuity Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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82nd Percentile Overall Score

AYI MarketRank™: 

Acuity scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 56th out of 297 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Acuity has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Acuity has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Acuity's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Acuity are expected to grow by 9.84% in the coming year, from $15.86 to $17.42 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Acuity is 20.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.18.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Acuity is 20.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 24.29.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Acuity has a PEG Ratio of 1.73. 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 3.53. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Acuity's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.32% 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, 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 4.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • 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 5.16%. 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 3.90% next year. This indicates that Acuity will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Acuity's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.32% 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, 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 4.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Acuity has a news sentiment score of 0.79. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Acuity this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for AYI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% 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.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Acuity insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.80% 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.

  • Read more about Acuity's insider trading history.
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AYI Stock News Headlines

A grave, grave error.
President Donald Trump made headlines last month with a staggering claim. He stated that since taking office, more than $12 trillion in private investments into America have been “practically committed” on his watch. "Nobody's ever seen numbers like we have," he said, crediting his agenda of tariffs, tax cuts, and deregulation with making the difference. If true, the figure would indeed be astonishing – potentially tripling the roughly $4 trillion in gross private investment the US reported all of last year.
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AYI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Acuity's stock was trading at $292.13 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, AYI shares have decreased by 6.5% and is now trading at $273.2550.
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Acuity, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 3rd. The electronics maker reported $3.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.67 by $0.06. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript
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Acuity's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.09%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.69%), Durable Capital Partners LP (3.55%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (3.10%). Insiders that own company stock include Karen J Holcom, Dianne S Mills, Barry R Goldman, Laura O'shaughnessy and Maya Leibman.
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Shares of AYI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Acuity investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET), ServiceNow (NOW) and Jabil (JBL).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
4/03/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/1 Dividend
4/17/2025
Record date for 5/1 Dividend
4/18/2025
Dividend Payable
5/01/2025
Today
6/22/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
6/26/2025
Fiscal Year End
8/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Technology Services
Sub-Industry
Electrical Components & Equipment
Current Symbol
NYSE:AYI
Employees
13,200
Year Founded
2001

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$323.60
High Stock Price Target
$380.00
Low Stock Price Target
$285.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+18.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
20.72
Forward P/E Ratio
17.23
P/E Growth
1.73
Net Income
$422.60 million
Pretax Margin
13.57%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.84 billion
Cash Flow
$17.70 per share
Price / Cash Flow
15.44
Book Value
$77.32 per share
Price / Book
3.53

Miscellaneous

Free Float
30,040,000
Market Cap
$8.45 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.60

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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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