Growth Metrics

Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Acuity Inc. (De) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $387.4 million for Q1 2026, up 8.27% year-on-year from $357.8 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.53% on a QoQ basis from $393.4 million in Q4 2025.

Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $387.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 8.27% year-over-year to $387.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (up 23.56% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.5 billion, up 23.3% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $387.4 million, down from $393.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $430.4 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $277.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $312.9 million (2022), against an average of $332.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Expenses slipped 3.93%; it then surged 40.24% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $307.6 million in 2022, then slipped by 3.93% to $295.5 million in 2023, then grew by 6.94% to $316.0 million in 2024, then rose by 24.49% to $393.4 million in 2025, then decreased by 1.53% to $387.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $387.4 million (Q1 2026), $393.4 million (Q4 2025), and $410.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Vertiv Holdings 125.39 Bn 122.89 Bn 999.70 Mn 451.80 Mn
2 Bloom Energy 85.22 Bn 82.75 Bn 225.54 Mn 153.35 Mn
3 nVent Electric 26.63 Bn 26.44 Bn 445.60 Mn 249.90 Mn
4 Hubbell 25.22 Bn 24.72 Bn 505.30 Mn 241.50 Mn
5 Advanced Energy Industries 12.25 Bn 12.25 Bn 200.90 Mn 132.60 Mn
6 Powell Industries 10.16 Bn 9.61 Bn 87.94 Mn 30.13 Mn
7 Acuity Inc. (De) 8.82 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.40 Mn 387.40 Mn
8 EnerSys 8.70 Bn 8.26 Bn 290.87 Mn 19.72 Mn
9 Plug Power 5.25 Bn 4.87 Bn -21.61 Mn 87.88 Mn
10 Hayward Holdings 3.01 Bn 2.78 Bn 118.70 Mn 69.85 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 387.40 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 393.40 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 410.40 Mn
May 31, 2025 430.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 357.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 316.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 331.70 Mn
May 31, 2024 306.90 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 294.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 295.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 333.00 Mn
May 31, 2023 304.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 295.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 307.60 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 312.90 Mn
May 31, 2022 302.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 277.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 270.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 286.50 Mn
May 31, 2021 268.50 Mn
Feb 28, 2021 245.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2020 246.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2020 269.20 Mn
May 31, 2020 244.60 Mn
Feb 29, 2020 262.50 Mn
Nov 30, 2019 272.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2019 264.40 Mn
May 31, 2019 263.30 Mn
Feb 28, 2019 238.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2018 251.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2018 268.20 Mn
May 31, 2018 281.70 Mn
Feb 28, 2018 245.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2017 229.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2017 245.40 Mn
May 31, 2017 247.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2017 227.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2016 233.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2016 266.90 Mn
May 31, 2016 256.90 Mn
Feb 29, 2016 230.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2015 207.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2015 209.50 Mn
May 31, 2015 196.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2015 177.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2014 186.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2014 192.80 Mn
May 31, 2014 170.80 Mn
Feb 28, 2014 156.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2013 159.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2013 159.10 Mn
May 31, 2013 171.10 Mn
Feb 28, 2013 144.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2012 141.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2012 149.30 Mn
May 31, 2012 144.70 Mn
Feb 29, 2012 142.90 Mn
Nov 30, 2011 143.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2011 144.60 Mn
May 31, 2011 139.50 Mn
Feb 28, 2011 126.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2010 130.60 Mn
Aug 31, 2010 136.40 Mn
May 31, 2010 124.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2010 124.50 Mn
Nov 30, 2009 118.60 Mn