Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)
Acuity Inc. (De)'s (AYI) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.02% in Q4 2025, up 18.42% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q3 2025.
Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) has 9 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.02% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.02% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Nov 2025 was 0.02% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2020 annual result came in at 0.16%, down 60.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital improved to 0.02% in Q4 2025, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.61% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.01% in Q2 2025.
- A 4-year average of 0.11% and a median of 0.05% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital jumped 56 bps — and 2023, when it plunged 59 bps.
- Tracing AYI's Return on Invested Capital over 4 years: stood at 0.35% in 2021, then slumped by 94 bps to 0.02% in 2022, then jumped by 129 bps to 0.05% in 2023, then sank by 64 bps to 0.02% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertiv Holdings | 100.83 Bn | 97.72 Bn | 1.23 Bn | 0.34% |
| 2 | Bloom Energy | 57.56 Bn | 54.89 Bn | 355.57 Mn | 0.30% |
| 3 | Hubbell | 24.89 Bn | 24.50 Bn | 613.00 Mn | 0.00% |
| 4 | nVent Electric | 24.60 Bn | 24.35 Bn | 558.00 Mn | 0.12% |
| 5 | Advanced Energy Industries | 11.11 Bn | 9.69 Bn | 236.10 Mn | 0.00% |
| 6 | Acuity Inc. (De) | 10.38 Bn | 9.97 Bn | 606.40 Mn | - |
| 7 | Powell Industries | 7.20 Bn | 6.57 Bn | 95.30 Mn | - |
| 8 | EnerSys | 6.92 Bn | 6.39 Bn | 313.36 Mn | 0.05% |
| 9 | Plug Power | 3.17 Bn | 2.85 Bn | -1.68 Mn | -0.04% |
| 10 | Hayward Holdings | 3.17 Bn | 2.69 Bn | 155.05 Mn | 0.04% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 0.01% |
| May 31, 2025 | 0.01% |
| May 31, 2023 | 0.05% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 0.02% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 0.02% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 0.03% |
| May 31, 2022 | 0.05% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 0.61% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 0.35% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 0.13% |
| May 31, 2021 | 0.08% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 0.05% |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 0.04% |
| Aug 31, 2020 | 0.05% |
| May 31, 2020 | 0.05% |
| Feb 29, 2020 | 0.08% |
| Nov 30, 2019 | 0.11% |
| Aug 31, 2019 | 0.17% |
| May 31, 2019 | 0.28% |