Q3 EPS Estimates for Acuity Brands Lowered by Zacks Research

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) – Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Acuity Brands in a research report issued to clients and investors 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 previous 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.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The electronics maker reported $3.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.87 by $0.10. Acuity Brands had a net margin of 11.11% and a return on equity of 19.98%. The business had revenue of $951.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $955.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.72 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

AYI has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Acuity Brands from $280.00 to $318.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Acuity Brands from $320.00 to $336.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. William Blair upgraded shares of Acuity Brands from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Acuity Brands from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $304.00 to $370.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Acuity Brands from $370.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $341.40.

Acuity Brands Stock Down 0.6 %

AYI opened at $335.02 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a current ratio of 2.98. Acuity Brands has a fifty-two week low of $217.64 and a fifty-two week high of $345.30. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $316.09 and its 200 day moving average is $286.70. The stock has a market cap of $10.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.40.

Acuity Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be issued a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. This is an increase from Acuity Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.20%. Acuity Brands’s payout ratio is 4.42%.

Insider Transactions at Acuity Brands

In other news, SVP Barry R. Goldman sold 5,120 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $305.00, for a total value of $1,561,600.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 8,438 shares in the company, valued at $2,573,590. The trade was a 37.76 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 2.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Acuity Brands

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new stake in shares of Acuity Brands in the 3rd quarter worth about $3,849,000. Hancock Whitney Corp grew its holdings in Acuity Brands by 42.0% during the 3rd quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 6,477 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $1,784,000 after purchasing an additional 1,917 shares during the last quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP bought a new position in Acuity Brands during the 3rd quarter valued at about $484,000. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new position in Acuity Brands during the 3rd quarter valued at about $813,000. Finally, McKinley Carter Wealth Services Inc. grew its holdings in Acuity Brands by 15.0% during the 3rd quarter. McKinley Carter Wealth Services Inc. now owns 21,285 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $5,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,773 shares during the last quarter. 98.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Acuity Brands

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.