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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

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

Acuity has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Acuity9.63% 20.35% 11.98%
Donaldson 9.94%28.86%14.63%

98.2% of Acuity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Acuity presently has a consensus price target of $340.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Given Acuity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Acuity is more favorable than Donaldson.

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

Acuity pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Acuity pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 40.3% 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. Acuity has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
Acuity$4.17B2.17$422.60M$12.6923.31
Donaldson$3.59B2.28$414M$2.9823.52

In the previous week, Acuity and Acuity both had 9 articles in the media. Acuity's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Donaldson's score of 0.85 indicating that Acuity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acuity
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Donaldson
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Acuity beats Donaldson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$9.06B$2.41B$14.74B$20.66B
Dividend Yield0.22%1.43%2.71%3.71%
P/E Ratio23.3130.9828.7327.83
Price / Sales2.1733.1345.3554.91
Price / Cash16.8740.9625.7017.94
Price / Book3.835.926.264.60
Net Income$422.60M$32.07M$190.55M$989.58M
7 Day Performance-3.47%2.52%1.40%1.02%
1 Month Performance11.46%12.74%7.33%5.31%
1 Year Performance20.94%25.97%21.96%10.51%

Acuity Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AYI
Acuity
4.6717 of 5 stars
$295.76
-0.9%
$340.60
+15.2%
+22.0%$9.06B$4.17B23.3113,200Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
3.8798 of 5 stars
$70.60
-1.4%
$70.00
-0.8%
-2.3%$8.23B$3.59B23.6914,000
DOV
Dover
4.4732 of 5 stars
$188.85
-0.9%
$206.50
+9.3%
+2.4%$25.88B$7.73B11.3724,000Analyst Forecast
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.5444 of 5 stars
$223.91
-1.2%
$254.44
+13.6%
-2.6%$7.31B$2.26B16.272,500Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.7925 of 5 stars
$88.57
-0.1%
$99.40
+12.2%
-8.5%$35.69B$7.28B43.8021,000Analyst Downgrade
ITT
ITT
3.8697 of 5 stars
$157.39
-0.1%
$165.50
+5.2%
+17.0%$12.39B$3.63B25.0211,700
NVT
nVent Electric
2.8172 of 5 stars
$74.51
-0.2%
$73.83
-0.9%
-4.2%$12.27B$3.01B21.2912,100Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
OC
Owens Corning
4.8284 of 5 stars
$147.94
-1.5%
$184.30
+24.6%
-16.8%$12.58B$10.98B52.0925,000Positive News
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3281 of 5 stars
$712.56
-0.2%
$726.12
+1.9%
+32.9%$91.05B$19.93B27.4461,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEX
Terex
4.3754 of 5 stars
$52.05
-2.5%
$51.44
-1.2%
-4.7%$3.45B$5.13B14.1811,400
TKR
Timken
4.5209 of 5 stars
$77.98
-0.8%
$79.00
+1.3%
-6.3%$5.46B$4.57B16.8119,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AYI) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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