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NYSE:AYI

Acuity Brands - AYI Competitors

$168.84
-4.70 (-2.71%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$165.24
$171.27
50-Day Range
$168.84
$200.08
52-Week Range
$142.71
$202.90
Volume
534,998 shs
Average Volume
282,877 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.41 billion
P/E Ratio
15.39
Dividend Yield
0.31%
Price Target
$200.00

AYI vs. ALTR, BLD, TREX, CHX, FIX, TOL, EXP, WMS, AAON, and UFPI

Should you be buying Acuity Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acuity Brands include Altair Engineering (ALTR), TopBuild (BLD), Trex (TREX), ChampionX (CHX), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Toll Brothers (TOL), Eagle Materials (EXP), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), AAON (AAON), and UFP Industries (UFPI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Acuity Brands vs.

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

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Altair Engineering had 2 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Altair Engineering and 4 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Altair Engineering's score of 0.59 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Altair Engineering
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Acuity Brands currently has a consensus target price of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.46%. Altair Engineering has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.57%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Altair Engineering.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acuity Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Altair Engineering
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Acuity Brands received 129 more outperform votes than Altair Engineering when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.39% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Altair Engineering an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Acuity BrandsOutperform Votes
686
68.39%
Underperform Votes
317
31.61%
Altair EngineeringOutperform Votes
557
58.82%
Underperform Votes
390
41.18%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acuity Brands$4.01 billion1.35$384 million$10.9715.39
Altair Engineering$572.22 million9.64-$43.43 million-$0.58-118.72

Acuity Brands has a net margin of 9.11% compared to Altair Engineering's net margin of -7.59%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 21.40% beat Altair Engineering's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acuity Brands 9.11% 21.40% 11.80%
Altair Engineering -7.59% 1.21% 0.60%

Summary

Acuity Brands beats Altair Engineering on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

MetricAcuity BrandsElectric lighting & wiring equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.41B$897.93M$5.68B$14.09B
Dividend Yield0.28%0.95%2.54%3.85%
P/E Ratio15.3911.0613.4822.27
Price / Sales1.35819.784.5010.36
Price / Cash11.7512.2912.2524.58
Price / Book2.891.682.786.79
Net Income$384M$52.39M$554.18M$870.97M
7 Day Performance-7.31%2.27%0.73%0.71%
1 Month Performance-11.62%-2.76%-4.33%-7.20%
1 Year Performance-11.06%-16.56%-7.69%-15.15%

Acuity Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALTR
Altair Engineering
1.8901 of 5 stars
$68.21
-1.8%
$64.33
-5.7%
+7.9%$5.46B$572.22M-117.603,000
BLD
TopBuild
1.9836 of 5 stars
$190.77
-2.3%
$214.00
+12.2%
-1.8%$6.04B$5.01B11.1213,119
TREX
Trex
2.4783 of 5 stars
$47.02
-3.7%
$59.75
+27.1%
-33.9%$5.11B$1.11B28.851,636
CHX
ChampionX
2.5406 of 5 stars
$25.50
-4.5%
$29.67
+16.3%
+1.8%$5.07B$3.81B34.007,300Gap Down
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
2.6512 of 5 stars
$139.97
-0.9%
$170.00
+21.5%
+57.0%$5.00B$4.14B20.5214,100News Coverage
Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
2.5123 of 5 stars
$57.80
-0.8%
$60.33
+4.4%
+18.0%$6.40B$10.28B5.015,200Positive News
EXP
Eagle Materials
1.7466 of 5 stars
$138.51
-1.2%
$151.13
+9.1%
+7.3%$4.99B$1.86B11.972,200News Coverage
WMS
Advanced Drainage Systems
2.3317 of 5 stars
$79.66
-0.4%
$120.20
+50.9%
-34.5%$6.47B$2.77B14.355,635Analyst Report
News Coverage
AAON
AAON
2.2837 of 5 stars
$91.40
-0.3%
$81.67
-10.6%
+72.4%$4.89B$888.79M49.413,666
UFPI
UFP Industries
2.9844 of 5 stars
$77.04
-3.2%
$98.80
+28.2%
-5.0%$4.75B$9.63B7.0115,500News Coverage
Positive News
This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff