Acuity Brands Company Profile (NYSE:AYI)

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

Acuity Brands declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 17th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Monday, May 1st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.29%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 12th. View Acuity Brands' Dividend History.

Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE:AYI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 4th. The company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.06. The business earned $804.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $827.22 million. Acuity Brands had a return on equity of 19.62% and a net margin of 8.91%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.80 EPS. View Acuity Brands' Earnings History.

Acuity Brands is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June, 29th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Acuity Brands.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Acuity Brands' stock. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $306.00. On average, they expect Acuity Brands' stock price to reach $219.46 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Acuity Brands.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Acuity Brands stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Acuity Brands is focused on capitalizing growth opportunities by continuously expanding and leveraging its lighting and building management solutions. Also, the company’s extensive market presence and financial strength are major positives. The company expects the North American lighting market to return to growth in fiscal 2018. It also expects to continue to outperform growth rates in markets that it serves by executing strategies focused on opportunities for new construction and renovation projects and expansion into underpenetrated geographies and channels. However, increased economic volatility, higher costs, and reliance on one client might weigh on the stock." (6/22/2017)
• 2. Deutsche Bank AG analysts commented, "AYI shares have been under pressure on concerns over near term risk to earnings. Although we lower our FY17/18 growth projections somewhat in order to reflect the moderating growth trends in LED lighting and slightly longer than anticipated slowdown driven by near term policy uncertainty, we maintain our Buy as our analysis and channel checks suggest that the FQ2 results would generally come in line with consensus and street ests for the remaining quarters also reflect slowdown in growth expectations. We believe share price multiple would depend on whether mgmt comments suggest acceleration in both small and larger project segments." (3/14/2017)

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Acuity Brands' management team includes the folowing people:

• Vernon J. Nagel, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
• Richard K. Reece, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
• Mark A. Black, Executive Vice President
• Peter Crane Browning, Lead Independent Director
• Mary A. Winston CPA, Director
• W. Patrick Battle, Independent Director
• James H. Hance Jr., Independent Director
• Gordon D. Harnett, Independent Director

Acuity Brands' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (0.00%), BlackRock Inc. (0.00%), State Street Corp (4.62%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.00%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.00%) and FMR LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Acuity Brands stock include Julia B North, 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.

Acuity Brands' stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Janus Capital Management LLC, Thrivent Financial For Lutherans, Strs Ohio, Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Acuity Brands stock in the last year include Mark A Black, Ray M Robinson, Richard K Reece and Vernon J Nagel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acuity Brands.

Acuity Brands' stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Ameriprise Financial Inc., Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., RidgeWorth Capital Management LLC, Kensico Capital Management Corp and Scout Investments Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acuity Brands.

Shares of Acuity Brands can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Acuity Brands stock can currently be purchased for approximately $176.56.