Acuity Brands Q3 EPS Estimate Decreased by Zacks Research

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYIFree Report) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Acuity Brands in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Zacks Research analyst A. Ram now forecasts that the electronics maker will post earnings per share of $4.07 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $4.09. The consensus estimate for Acuity Brands’ current full-year earnings is $15.70 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Acuity Brands’ Q4 2025 earnings at $4.42 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.88 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $4.33 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.75 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $16.75 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $4.28 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $18.17 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on AYI. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Acuity Brands from $280.00 to $318.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. William Blair raised shares of Acuity Brands from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Acuity Brands from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $304.00 to $370.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. StockNews.com cut Acuity Brands from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Acuity Brands from $320.00 to $336.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Acuity Brands presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $341.40.

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Acuity Brands Price Performance

AYI opened at $337.44 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.98 and a quick ratio of 2.38. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $315.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $285.67. The firm has a market cap of $10.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.85, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.40. Acuity Brands has a 1 year low of $217.64 and a 1 year high of $340.74.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYIGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 8th. The electronics maker reported $3.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.87 by $0.10. Acuity Brands had a return on equity of 19.98% and a net margin of 11.11%. The firm had revenue of $951.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $955.60 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.72 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Acuity Brands Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be issued a $0.17 dividend. This is a positive change from Acuity Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.20%. Acuity Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4.42%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Acuity Brands

In other Acuity Brands news, SVP Barry R. Goldman sold 5,120 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $305.00, for a total transaction of $1,561,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 8,438 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,573,590. This trade represents a 37.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 2.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Millennium Management LLC grew its holdings in Acuity Brands by 353.1% in the second quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 173,683 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $41,934,000 after purchasing an additional 135,350 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Acuity Brands in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,026,000. Smith Group Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Acuity Brands during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $19,703,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in Acuity Brands by 741.8% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 71,744 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $20,959,000 after buying an additional 63,221 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Acuity Brands by 16.7% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 442,007 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $106,201,000 after acquiring an additional 63,159 shares in the last quarter. 98.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Acuity Brands

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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.

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