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Acuity Inc. (AYI)

Industrials | Electrical Equipment & Parts | Atlanta, United States | NYSE
335.16 USD -6.60 (-1.931%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 335.16

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:58 a.m. EDT

Acuity Inc. is navigating a complex landscape where operational efficiency is driving earnings growth faster than top-line revenue. The company has successfully rebounded from a decade-long price decline, now trading near its 52-week highs, which invites technical resistance. While the balance sheet supports continued operations and the payout ratio is conservative, the minimal dividend yield makes it unsuitable for income seekers. Options market participants are hedging against immediate volatility, creating a cautious sentiment that contrasts with the analyst consensus for upside.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.062469
MSTL0.073621
AutoARIMA0.075281
AutoETS0.075780

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 1.21
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.819
Excess Kurtosis -0.45
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 28.206
Revenue per Share 150.712
Market Cap 10,033,198,080
Trailing P/E 22.68
Forward P/E 15.45
Beta 1.30
Profit Margins 10.25%
Previous Name Acuity Brands, Inc.
Website https://www.acuityinc.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:58 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome with a defensive bias. Near-term put implied volatility is significantly elevated compared to calls, indicating fear of a short-term dip. Open interest for calls concentrates in the $360-$390 range, suggesting upside targets are set well above current levels, while put open interest hedges downside risks at lower strikes.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.06% 0.24% 0.24% 0.26%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-17 0.20 0.059930
2026-04-17 0.20 0.068346
2026-02-02 0.20 0.063167
2025-10-17 0.17 0.047672
2025-07-18 0.17 0.058088
2025-04-17 0.17 0.074229
2025-02-03 0.17 0.053748
2024-10-18 0.15 0.048773
2024-07-18 0.15 0.058293
2024-04-16 0.15 0.059524
2024-02-02 0.15 0.062696
2023-10-17 0.13 0.072114
2023-07-17 0.13 0.078356
2023-04-14 0.13 0.082409
2023-02-03 0.13 0.067846
2022-10-14 0.13 0.078817
2022-07-14 0.13 0.080361
2022-04-14 0.13 0.076117
2022-01-19 0.13 0.063632
2021-10-14 0.13 0.062272
2021-07-15 0.13 0.077501
2021-04-15 0.13 0.076331
2021-01-19 0.13 0.110761
2020-10-16 0.13 0.137916
2020-07-16 0.13 0.131194
2020-04-16 0.13 0.160276
2020-01-16 0.13 0.106209
2019-10-17 0.13 0.105519
2019-07-16 0.13 0.097796
2019-04-16 0.13 0.091704
2019-01-17 0.13 0.109862
2018-10-17 0.13 0.102637
2018-07-17 0.13 0.099305
2018-04-16 0.13 0.099602
2018-01-19 0.13 0.079681
2017-10-17 0.13 0.079443
2017-07-14 0.13 0.063508
2017-04-12 0.13 0.074371
2017-01-19 0.13 0.062969
2016-10-14 0.13 0.052415
2016-07-14 0.13 0.049005
2016-04-14 0.13 0.050994
2016-01-15 0.13 0.064020
2015-10-15 0.13 0.065134
2015-07-16 0.13 0.067100
2015-04-15 0.13 0.076996
2015-01-16 0.13 0.086298
2014-10-15 0.13 0.104309
2014-07-16 0.13 0.114598
2014-04-15 0.13 0.105221
2014-01-16 0.13 0.097481
2013-10-16 0.13 0.133511
2013-07-16 0.13 0.152977
2013-04-15 0.13 0.187726
2013-01-16 0.13 0.192964
2012-10-16 0.13 0.207967
2012-07-16 0.13 0.219855
2012-04-13 0.13 0.240429
2012-01-13 0.13 0.228110
2011-10-14 0.13 0.284526
2011-07-14 0.13 0.248756
2011-04-14 0.13 0.224603
2011-01-13 0.13 0.236450
2010-10-13 0.13 0.261464
2010-07-15 0.13 0.319175
2010-04-15 0.13 0.287420
2010-01-14 0.13 0.336004
2009-10-14 0.13 0.380117
2009-07-15 0.13 0.459364
2009-04-15 0.13 0.528885
2009-01-15 0.13 0.436681
2008-10-15 0.13 0.417068
2008-07-15 0.13 0.339248
2008-04-15 0.13 0.279210
2008-01-16 0.13 0.310115
2007-11-01 8.00 20.773826
2007-10-15 0.15 0.316122
2007-07-12 0.15 0.237229
2007-04-12 0.15 0.244061
2007-01-18 0.15 0.267094
2006-10-12 0.15 0.309598
2006-07-12 0.15 0.359885
2006-04-11 0.15 0.378215
2006-01-18 0.15 0.413565
2005-10-13 0.15 0.533998
2005-07-14 0.15 0.571864
2005-04-13 0.15 0.578704
2005-01-12 0.15 0.523378
2004-10-14 0.15 0.593354
2004-07-15 0.15 0.631579
2004-04-14 0.15 0.630517
2004-01-13 0.15 0.595002
2003-10-16 0.15 0.708885
2003-07-15 0.15 0.845547
2003-04-14 0.15 1.027397
2003-01-13 0.15 1.071429
2002-10-10 0.15 1.163693
2002-07-15 0.15 1.002004
2002-04-11 0.15 0.858615
2002-01-15 0.15 1.074499
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.77
dividendYield 0.23
exDividendDate 2026-07-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.74
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0021652621
lastDividendValue 0.2
lastDividendDate 2026-07-17
dividendDate 2026-08-03

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.02544403
Address1 1,170 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Address2 Suite 1200
All Time High 380.17
All Time Low 10.7
Ask 337.18
Ask Size 40
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.1 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 193,140
Average Daily Volume3 Month 356,830
Average Volume 356,830
Average Volume10Days 193,140
Beta 1.295
Bid 283.0
Bid Size 80
Board Risk 3
Book Value 95.368
City Atlanta
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 335.16
Current Ratio 2.053
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 345.28
Day Low 331.57
Debt To Equity 28.206
Display Name Acuity
Dividend Date 1,785,715,200
Dividend Rate 0.77
Dividend Yield 0.23
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,790,884,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,790,884,800
Earnings Growth 0.462
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.433
Earnings Timestamp 1,790,857,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,790,857,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,790,857,800
Ebitda 745,900,032
Ebitda Margins 0.16192
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.887
Enterprise To Revenue 2.249
Enterprise Value 10,358,565,888
Eps Current Year 19.83232
Eps Forward 21.69256
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 14.78
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,784,246,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 341.257
Fifty Day Average Change -6.096985
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.017866256
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.544403
Fifty Two Week High 380.17
Fifty Two Week High Change -45.01001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11839443
Fifty Two Week Low 257.04
Fifty Two Week Low Change 78.119995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.30392155
Fifty Two Week Range 257.04 - 380.17
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,007,389,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.26
Float Shares 29,527,398
Forward Eps 21.69256
Forward P E 15.450459
Free Cashflow 467,275,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 13,800
Fullday Change -6.60001
Fullday Change Percent -1.93118
Fullday Price 335.16
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.48669997
Gross Profits 2,241,999,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00422
Held Percent Institutions 1.03158
Implied Shares Outstanding 29,935,547
Industry Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Disp Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Key electrical-equipment-parts
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,784,246,400
Last Dividend Value 0.2
Last Fiscal Year End 1,756,598,400
Long Business Summary Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, Nightingale, nLight, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and SensorSwitch brand names. This segment serves electrical distributors, consumer retailers, large corporate accounts, and original equipment manufacturer customers. The AIS segment offers Distech Controls intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS), such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that prioritize end-user outcomes; Q-SYS, a full-stack audio, video, and control platform, and QSC Audio, an audio technology for live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals. This segment serves retail stores, airports, universities, enterprise campuses, sports venues, themed entertainment, and hospitality sectors through system integrators. It offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, QSC, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Inc. was formerly known as Acuity Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Acuity Inc. in March 2025. Acuity Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Long Name Acuity Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 10,033,198,080
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1413208
Most Recent Quarter 1,780,185,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-29
Net Income To Common 472,300,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,788,134,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 10,230,772,542
Number Of Analyst Opinions 7
Open 342.8
Operating Cashflow 722,700,032
Operating Margins 0.16052
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.049099997
Peg Ratio 1.34
Phone 404 853 1400
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 335.16
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Prev Name Acuity Brands, Inc.
Previous Close 341.76
Price Eps Current Year 16.899689
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.5143867
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.1780524
Profit Margins 0.10253
Quick Ratio 1.297
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.125
Region US
Regular Market Change -6.60001
Regular Market Change Percent -1.93118
Regular Market Day High 345.28
Regular Market Day Low 331.57
Regular Market Day Range 331.57 - 345.28
Regular Market Open 342.8
Regular Market Previous Close 341.76
Regular Market Price 335.16
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 132,356
Return On Assets 0.07834
Return On Equity 0.17378001
Revenue Growth 0.016
Revenue Per Share 150.712
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 29,935,547
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0349
Shares Short 1,044,828
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,456,107
Short Name Acuity Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0404
Short Ratio 3.78
Source Interval 15
State GA
Symbol AYI
Target High Price 465.0
Target Low Price 358.0
Target Mean Price 398.2857
Target Median Price 390.0
Total Cash 411,900,000
Total Cash Per Share 13.852
Total Debt 804,300,032
Total Revenue 4,606,499,840
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.74
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0021652621
Trailing Eps 14.78
Trailing P E 22.67659
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.3516
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 319.9774
Two Hundred Day Average Change 15.182617
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.04744903
Type Disp Equity
Volume 132,356
Website https://www.acuityinc.com
Zip 30,309