NYSE:AYI - Acuity Brands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Acuity Brands' stock was trading at $97.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AYI stock has decreased by 12.0% and is now trading at $85.76. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Acuity Brands in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Acuity Brands.

Acuity Brands is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Acuity Brands.

Acuity Brands will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 2nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 9th. The electronics maker reported $2.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.21 by $0.08. The electronics maker earned $834.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $874.72 million. Acuity Brands had a net margin of 8.61% and a return on equity of 18.07%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.32 earnings per share. View Acuity Brands' earnings history.

Acuity Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Monday, January 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 16th. View Acuity Brands' dividend history.

Acuity Brands announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 4th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 6,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

8 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Acuity Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect Acuity Brands' stock price to reach $132.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Acuity Brands.

Media headlines about AYI stock have been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Acuity Brands earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the electronics maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAcuity Brands.

Acuity Brands saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,420,900 shares, an increase of 22.5% from the February 27th total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 435,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Acuity Brands' Current Options Chain.

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

Acuity Brands' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (3.66%), State Street Corp (3.46%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.58%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.46%), FIL Ltd (1.39%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.29%). Company insiders that own Acuity Brands stock include George Douglas Dillard Jr, Ray M Robinson, Robert F Mccullough 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 MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold Acuity Brands company stock in the last year include Ray M Robinson, and Robert F Mccullough. View insider buying and selling activity for Acuity Brands.

AYI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Prudential Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, and Man Group plc. 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 activity for Acuity Brands.

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One share of AYI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.76.

Acuity Brands has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion and generates $3.67 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $330.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.00 on an earnings per share basis. Acuity Brands employs 12,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Acuity Brands.

The official website for Acuity Brands is http://www.acuitybrands.com/.

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