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AYI vs. GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, ENS, BRC, POWL, VICR, THR, and AMSC

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), EnerSys (ENS), Brady (BRC), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), Thermon Group (THR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

Acuity Brands vs.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Generac (NYSE:GNRC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Generac has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acuity Brands$3.96B2.04$422.60M$13.1919.84
Generac$4.35B1.68$316.32M$5.7421.60

Acuity Brands received 206 more outperform votes than Generac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 57.33% of users gave Generac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Acuity BrandsOutperform Votes
718
67.67%
Underperform Votes
343
32.33%
GeneracOutperform Votes
512
57.33%
Underperform Votes
381
42.67%

In the previous week, Generac had 7 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Generac and 15 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Generac's score of 1.45 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acuity Brands
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Generac
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Acuity Brands presently has a consensus target price of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 21.34%. Generac has a consensus target price of $167.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Generac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Generac is more favorable than Acuity Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acuity Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Generac
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acuity Brands11.11% 19.98% 12.44%
Generac 7.36%18.17%8.54%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock 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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AYI vs. The Competition

MetricAcuity BrandsElectric lighting & wiring equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.09B$1.10B$8.68B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.25%0.74%2.05%3.84%
P/E Ratio19.277.9316.5334.53
Price / Sales2.041.8674.4434.83
Price / Cash17.4817.1321.3017.51
Price / Book3.393.094.604.69
Net Income$422.60M$55.56M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.54%6.22%-1.93%-1.74%
1 Month Performance12.94%4.17%8.59%7.50%
1 Year Performance-0.64%-3.57%85.34%4.15%

Acuity Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.1715 of 5 stars
$261.75
+0.1%
$317.60
+21.3%
-1.5%$8.09B$3.96B19.2713,200Positive News
Gap Up
GNRC
Generac
4.5497 of 5 stars
$129.19
+1.4%
$167.20
+29.4%
-20.3%$7.63B$4.35B23.919,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.8206 of 5 stars
$50.26
+1.1%
$68.87
+37.0%
-57.6%$6.57B$1.42B67.692,820Trending News
Gap Down
BDC
Belden
4.6469 of 5 stars
$112.34
+0.4%
$126.20
+12.3%
+15.2%$4.43B$2.55B23.348,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4468 of 5 stars
$89.34
+0.9%
$94.00
+5.2%
-12.2%$4.07B$2.02B23.206,500Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
4.286 of 5 stars
$99.25
-0.4%
$117.50
+18.4%
-1.5%$3.91B$3.55B12.2711,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
BRC
Brady
2.7418 of 5 stars
$72.67
-4.7%
N/A+16.4%$3.48B$1.42B17.895,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
POWL
Powell Industries
3.9215 of 5 stars
$182.19
+2.5%
$312.00
+71.3%
-7.2%$2.20B$1.08B13.852,170Gap Up
VICR
Vicor
1.7826 of 5 stars
$43.51
+0.9%
$43.00
-1.2%
+21.7%$1.96B$369.15M83.551,090Positive News
THR
Thermon Group
3.5123 of 5 stars
$30.23
-0.3%
$38.00
+25.7%
-17.8%$1.01B$491.78M22.151,230Trending News
Earnings Report
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.8352 of 5 stars
$23.94
+1.8%
$33.67
+40.6%
+58.7%$943.53M$198.19M341.63330Trending News
Earnings Report
Options Volume
Gap Up

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