NYSE:AYIAcuity Brands Stock Price, Forecast & News

Acuity Brands' stock was trading at $97.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AYI shares have decreased by 8.0% and is now trading at $89.67. View which stocks have been most 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 Tuesday, July 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Acuity Brands.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 2nd. The electronics maker reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.06. The electronics maker had revenue of $842.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $805.18 million. Acuity Brands had a return on equity of 17.18% and a net margin of 8.43%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.99 earnings per share. View Acuity Brands' earnings history.

Acuity Brands announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 17th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, May 1st. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 16th. View Acuity Brands' dividend history.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Acuity Brands' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Acuity Brands' stock price to reach $111.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Acuity Brands.

Media headlines about AYI stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Acuity Brands earned a news 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, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate 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 trading volume of 435,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 3.6% of the company's shares 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and CHICAGO TRUST Co NA (0.01%). 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 CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $89.67.

Acuity Brands has a market capitalization of $3.55 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]