Acuity Inc. (De) AYI
NYSE AYI
$343.10 +1.45 (+0.42%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

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DateValue
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%