Growth Metrics

Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Acuity Inc. (De) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.09 for Q1 2026, down 22.33% year-on-year from 0.11 in Q1 2025, and up 86.17% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.09 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 22.33% year-over-year to 0.09; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 0.04 (down 6.79% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.04, up 17.9% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.09, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.18 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.02 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2024), against an average of 0.06.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 267.77%; it then slumped 84.68% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.03 in 2022, then dropped by 8.46% to 0.02 in 2023, then jumped by 69.91% to 0.04 in 2024, then rose by 16.24% to 0.05 in 2025, then soared by 86.17% to 0.09 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.09 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025), and 0.03 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 0.03
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn -
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 0.70
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 1.64
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn -0.09
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 0.07
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 0.09
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 0.07
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn -
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.09
Nov 30, 2025 0.05
Aug 31, 2025 0.03
May 31, 2025 0.03
Feb 28, 2025 0.11
Nov 30, 2024 0.04
Aug 31, 2024 0.03
May 31, 2024 0.03
Feb 29, 2024 0.05
Nov 30, 2023 0.02
Aug 31, 2023 0.05
May 31, 2023 0.03
Feb 28, 2023 0.04
Nov 30, 2022 0.03
Aug 31, 2022 0.03
May 31, 2022 0.18
Feb 28, 2022 0.16
Nov 30, 2021 0.06
Aug 31, 2021 0.06
May 31, 2021 0.05
Feb 28, 2021 0.06
Nov 30, 2020 0.04
Aug 31, 2020 0.05
May 31, 2020 0.03
Feb 29, 2020 0.07
Nov 30, 2019 0.04
Aug 31, 2019 0.03
May 31, 2019 0.05
Feb 28, 2019 0.12
Nov 30, 2018 0.04
Aug 31, 2018 0.13
May 31, 2018 0.05
Feb 28, 2018 0.20
Nov 30, 2017 0.04
Aug 31, 2017 0.04
May 31, 2017 -8.14
Feb 28, 2017 2.71
Nov 30, 2016 0.16
Aug 31, 2016 0.05
May 31, 2016 0.05
Feb 29, 2016 0.12
Nov 30, 2015 0.20
Aug 31, 2015 0.05
May 31, 2015 0.08
Feb 28, 2015 0.28
Nov 30, 2014 0.20
Aug 31, 2014 0.06
May 31, 2014 0.09
Feb 28, 2014 0.93
Nov 30, 2013 0.16
Aug 31, 2013 0.10
May 31, 2013 0.10
Feb 28, 2013 1.60
Nov 30, 2012 -0.21
Aug 31, 2012 0.10
May 31, 2012 0.10
Feb 29, 2012 1.17
Nov 30, 2011 0.23
Aug 31, 2011 0.08
May 31, 2011 0.12
Feb 28, 2011 0.31
Nov 30, 2010 -4.00
Aug 31, 2010 0.10
May 31, 2010 0.13
Feb 28, 2010 4.75
Nov 30, 2009 0.15