Acuity Brands (AYI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Acuity Brands in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AYI shares.
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6 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Acuity Brands' stock. Their AYI share price forecasts range from $170.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $188.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% from the stock's current price.
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Acuity Brands' stock was trading at $165.61 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AYI shares have increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $170.31.
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Acuity Brands saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,430,000 shares, a drop of 14.1% from the August 15th total of 2,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 336,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.2 days. Approximately 7.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 4th 2023.
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Acuity Brands will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 4th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) posted its earnings results on Friday, January, 7th. The electronics maker reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.44. The electronics maker earned $926.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $879.24 million. Acuity Brands had a net margin of 9.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97%. The company's revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.87 earnings per share.

Acuity Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Wednesday, November 1st. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 17th.
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Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. The dividend payout ratio is 4.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AYI will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.42% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 employees have rated Acuity Brands Chief Executive Officer Neil Ashe on Glassdoor.com. Neil Ashe has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Neil Ashe in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Acuity Brands trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AYI."

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One share of AYI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $170.31.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) has a market capitalization of $5.31 billion and generates $4.01 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $384 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 13,200 workers across the globe.

Acuity Brands' mailing address is 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA, 30309. The official website for the company is www.acuitybrands.com. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at (404) 853-1400, via email at ir@acuitybrands.com, or via fax at 404-853-1430.