AYI vs. GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, BRC, ENS, POWL, VICR, AMSC, and THR
Should you be buying Acuity Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity Brands include Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), Brady (BRC), EnerSys (ENS), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), American Superconductor (AMSC), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Acuity Brands vs. Its Competitors
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Acuity Brands currently has a consensus price target of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. Generac has a consensus price target of $168.37, indicating a potential upside of 29.75%. Given Generac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Generac is more favorable than Acuity Brands.
In the previous week, Generac had 8 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Generac and 4 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Generac's score of 1.00 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acuity Brands received 203 more outperform votes than Generac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave Generac an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Generac's net margin of 7.36%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 19.98% beat Generac's return on equity.
Acuity Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Generac. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Generac shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Generac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Generac on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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