NYSE:AYI - Acuity Brands Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Acuity Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 17th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, May 1st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 16th. View Acuity Brands' Dividend History.

Acuity Brands announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, April 4th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 6,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 4th. The electronics maker reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.06. The electronics maker had revenue of $832.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $799.33 million. Acuity Brands had a return on equity of 20.56% and a net margin of 9.68%. Acuity Brands's revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. View Acuity Brands' Earnings History.

Acuity Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 3rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Acuity Brands.

13 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Acuity Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $245.00. On average, they expect Acuity Brands' share price to reach $177.8182 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Acuity Brands.

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Media stories about AYI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Acuity Brands earned a news sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the electronics maker an impact score of 47.61 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Acuity Brands' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.73%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (4.19%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.33%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.52%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.09%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (1.14%). Company insiders that own Acuity Brands stock include George Douglas Dillard Jr, Mark A Black, Peter C Browning, Ray M Robinson, Richard K Reece, Vernon J Nagel and W Patrick Battle. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Acuity Brands.

AYI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Bamco Inc. NY, Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC, Blair William & Co. IL, Franklin Resources Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS and United Capital Financial Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Acuity Brands company stock in the last year include Mark A Black and Peter C Browning. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acuity Brands.

AYI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Eaton Vance Management, FIL Ltd, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Scopia Capital Management LP, Schroder Investment Management Group, Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Acuity Brands stock in the last two years include George Douglas Dillard Jr and W Patrick Battle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acuity Brands.

Shares of AYI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AYI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $119.87.

Acuity Brands has a market capitalization of $5.15 billion and generates $3.51 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $321.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.96 on an earnings per share basis. Acuity Brands employs 12,500 workers across the globe.

Acuity Brands' mailing address is 1170 PEACHTREE STREET N.E. SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA, 30309. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at 404-853-1400 or via email at [email protected]