Acuity Brands (AYI)
Industrials · Intelligent lighting and building controls
Acuity Brands designs and manufactures intelligent lighting and related building management systems for commercial, industrial, and residential applications.
What Acuity Brands does
Acuity Brands is a market-leading industrial technology company that develops and manufactures intelligent lighting systems, lighting controls, and integrated building technologies. The company serves commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets through its lighting fixtures, controls, and software platforms. Acuity designs both traditional and LED-based lighting solutions and increasingly offers connected building management systems that integrate lighting with broader facility optimization. The company has grown through organic development and strategic acquisitions to expand its portfolio of lighting and controls technologies.
Themes: ["LED lighting technology","Building automation / smart buildings","Energy efficiency and sustainability","Commercial real estate / facilities management","IoT sensors and controls"]
Fundamentals
- Price$334.64 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$10.0B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+8.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E21.09 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+49.2% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+16.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.24 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.29 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +0.2%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to cyclical commercial construction and real estate markets, which directly impact demand for lighting fixtures and building systems","Supply chain and manufacturing complexity with exposure to inflationary pressures on raw materials and labor costs","Rapid technological change and competition in LED and controls markets requiring continuous R&D investment to maintain market position"]
Competitors & peers
- Signify (Philips Lighting)
- Hubbell Incorporated (HUBB)
- Eaton Corporation (ETN)
- Lutron Electronics
- GE Lighting (Current, powered by GE)
- Legrand SE
- Rexel SA
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.