The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

AYI

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.acuityinc.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$3.95B+6.5%
Gross profit$1.71B+6.3%
Operating income$563.90M+8.1%
Net income$346.00M+10.6%
Cash from ops$601.40M+14.3%
Quotation

$359.77

-0.56 (-0.2%)

52w hi$376.44
52w lo$257.46
Vol108.86K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.14

Short+0.02
Medium+0.16
Long+0.34

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Acuity Inc.

Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts

Market cap$10.77B
Enterprise value$11.11B
Trailing P/E23.89x
Forward P/E16.58x
EV / EBITDA14.89x
P / S (ttm)2.34x
Profit margin10.3%
Return on equity17.4%
Revenue growth+1.6%
Earnings growth+46.2%
Debt / equity28.21
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.24
Corr SPX0.57
Annual vol35.2%
Annual ret+28.9%
Sharpe0.82
Max DD-33.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.33
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.08
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$363.30$363.94$356.13$359.77108.86K
Aug 12$361.81$367.30$353.55$360.33272.90K
Aug 11$354.82$363.21$354.82$357.08199.10K
Aug 10$359.96$361.89$351.37$353.40249.10K
Aug 7$359.40$362.88$357.13$359.58211.20K