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AYI vs. DCI, DOV, EXP, IR, ITT, NVT, OC, PH, TEX, and TKR

Should you be buying Acuity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity include Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Eagle Materials (EXP), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Owens Corning (OC), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), and Timken (TKR).

Acuity vs. Its Competitors

Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) and Acuity (NYSE:AYI) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Donaldson has a net margin of 9.94% compared to Acuity's net margin of 9.63%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.86% beat Acuity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Donaldson9.94% 28.86% 14.63%
Acuity 9.63%20.35%11.98%

Donaldson has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

82.8% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Donaldson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Acuity had 10 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Acuity and 3 mentions for Donaldson. Acuity's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Donaldson's score of 1.11 indicating that Acuity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Donaldson
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acuity
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Acuity has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. Acuity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donaldson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Donaldson$3.59B2.35$414M$2.9824.28
Acuity$4.17B2.25$422.60M$12.6924.11

Donaldson presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Acuity has a consensus price target of $340.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.33%. Given Acuity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Acuity is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Donaldson
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Acuity
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Acuity pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Donaldson pays out 40.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Donaldson has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Acuity has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Acuity beats Donaldson on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AYI vs. The Competition

MetricAcuityTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.38B$2.65B$22.16B$20.70B
Dividend Yield0.22%1.62%2.83%3.69%
P/E Ratio24.1120.9627.4428.60
Price / Sales2.2587.0167.5666.95
Price / Cash17.4149.2828.1823.59
Price / Book3.966.835.974.31
Net Income$422.60M$33.53M$197.53M$995.66M
7 Day Performance0.35%9.58%7.39%2.05%
1 Month Performance0.56%7.98%4.75%-0.43%
1 Year Performance33.98%49.79%34.74%14.85%

Acuity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AYI
Acuity
4.582 of 5 stars
$306.39
+0.5%
$340.60
+11.2%
+36.9%$9.38B$4.17B24.1113,200News Coverage
Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.7386 of 5 stars
$70.59
-1.9%
$70.00
-0.8%
+1.6%$8.22B$3.59B23.6714,000Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.74 of 5 stars
$175.08
-3.3%
$213.92
+22.2%
+0.8%$24.01B$7.75B10.5624,000Analyst Revision
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.1146 of 5 stars
$220.09
-1.9%
$255.33
+16.0%
-5.9%$7.16B$2.26B16.162,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.5748 of 5 stars
$75.20
-11.1%
$100.92
+34.2%
-12.6%$30.22B$7.24B37.0821,000High Trading Volume
ITT
ITT
4.2415 of 5 stars
$164.12
-3.4%
$177.88
+8.4%
+29.3%$12.90B$3.63B26.0711,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
NVT
nVent Electric
3.5872 of 5 stars
$87.03
+11.0%
$81.57
-6.3%
+46.6%$14.29B$3.01B24.8012,100Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
OC
Owens Corning
4.8796 of 5 stars
$136.31
-2.2%
$184.30
+35.2%
-4.5%$11.59B$11.49B47.9825,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.533 of 5 stars
$708.64
-3.2%
$739.59
+4.4%
+41.4%$90.43B$19.93B27.2561,120Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.2196 of 5 stars
$48.71
-4.2%
$51.44
+5.6%
-9.2%$3.23B$5.06B13.2811,400
TKR
Timken
4.1901 of 5 stars
$72.63
-4.6%
$79.90
+10.0%
-7.6%$5.08B$4.51B16.5119,000

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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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