Acuity (AYI) Projected to Post Earnings on Thursday

Acuity (NYSE:AYI) will likely be posting its Q3 2025 quarterly earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, June 26th. Analysts expect Acuity to post earnings of $4.31 per share and revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter. Acuity has set its FY 2025 guidance at 16.500-18.000 EPS.

Acuity (NYSE:AYI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 3rd. The electronics maker reported $3.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Acuity had a net margin of 10.53% and a return on equity of 19.73%. The company’s revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.38 EPS. On average, analysts expect Acuity to post $16 EPS for the current fiscal year and $17 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Acuity Trading Up 3.1%

Shares of AYI stock opened at $281.49 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $8.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.34, a PEG ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.61. Acuity has a 1-year low of $216.81 and a 1-year high of $345.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 1.36. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $258.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $282.90.

Acuity Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 18th were issued a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.24%. Acuity’s payout ratio is currently 5.16%.

Institutional Trading of Acuity

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Acuity stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Acuity, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) by 17.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 76,543 shares of the electronics maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,144 shares during the quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned 0.25% of Acuity worth $20,158,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 98.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AYI has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $335.00 price objective on shares of Acuity in a report on Friday, April 4th. Robert W. Baird set a $315.00 price objective on shares of Acuity and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Acuity from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Acuity from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $323.60.

About Acuity

Acuity Brands, Inc provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, location-aware applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL); and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG). The ABL segment provides commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting solutions, as well as lighting controls and components for various indoor and outdoor applications under the A-Light, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, Indy, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, nLight, OPTOTRONIC, Peerless, RELOCWiring Solutions, and Sensor Switch.