Acuity (AYI) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Acuity (NYSE:AYI) is expected to be releasing its Q3 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, June 26th. Analysts expect the company to announce 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 posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The electronics maker reported $3.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.03 billion. Acuity had a net margin of 10.53% and a return on equity of 19.73%. The business’s revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 Stock Performance

NYSE:AYI opened at $277.59 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 1.95. The company has a fifty day moving average of $255.68 and a two-hundred day moving average of $284.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.58 billion, a PE ratio of 21.05, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.60. Acuity has a fifty-two week low of $216.81 and a fifty-two week high of $345.30.

Acuity Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Acuity from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Acuity from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Acuity from $295.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $335.00 price objective on shares of Acuity in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $323.60.

Institutional Trading of Acuity

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Acuity stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Acuity, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) by 17.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 76,543 shares of the electronics maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,144 shares during the quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned approximately 0.25% of Acuity worth $20,158,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.21% of the company’s stock.

Acuity Company Profile

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.