AYI vs Peers Stock Comparison

Acuity Inc. (De) Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AYI Acuity Inc. (De)
$318.76 -0.3% 1M -13.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.82B
P/E
18.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.64B
Div. yield
0.00%
Building Products Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

AYI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAYI
Valuation 73 #16 of 56
Growth 80 #11 of 52
Profitability 78 #12 of 51
Financial Health 88 #8 of 58
Shareholder Returns 83 #8 of 41
Overall 80
  • AYI ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAYISPY
1 month -0.3% -0.8%
3 months -5.1% +3.5%
6 months +9.2% +7.0%
Year to date -11.5% +12.2%
1 year -13.4% +13.0%
3 years +101.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +26.3% +23.1%
5 years +56.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.4% +11.0%
10 years +37.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAYISPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.35 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.4% -1.8%
52-week high $376.69 $779.14
52-week low $257.79 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAYI
P/E now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 19.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.7xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 1.10median 0.93

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAYI
Revenue $4.64B
Gross profit $2.35B
Operating income $713.70M
Net income $531.30M
Free cash flow $747.90M
EPS (diluted) $17.06
Cash & equivalents $636.30M
Total debt $697.40M
Shares (diluted) 31.15M
Enterprise value $8.12B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAYI
P/E 18.2x
P/FCF 12.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.5x
P/S 2.0x
P/B 3.2x
P/Tangible book 4.8x
EV/EBITDA 10.9x
EV/EBIT 13.3x
EV/Revenue 2.1x
EV/FCF 12.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.10

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAYI
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 34.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 15.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 37.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 40.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAYI
Gross margin 50.6%
EBITDA margin 18.7%
Operating margin 15.4%
Pretax margin 14.7%
Net margin 11.4%
FCF margin 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.8%
Return on equity 18.2%
Return on assets 11.2%
Return on invested capital 15.4%
Return on capital employed 19.5%
Asset turnover 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAYI
Debt / assets 14.3%
Debt / equity 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x
Debt / FCF 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 39.0%
Equity / assets 61.0%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.6x
Altman Z-score 5.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAYI
Dividend yield 0.3%
Net buyback yield 3.0%
Shareholder yield 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 4.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 3.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 15.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 12.3%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAYI
Forward P/E 15.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $20.01FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +0.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.68BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +14.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAYI
Held by institutions 99.2%
Institutions holding 631
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1%
Institutions buying 330
Institutions selling 190
Buyers to sellers 1.74

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.