Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) reported Tax Rate of 23.87% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), up 2.33 percentage points from 21.53% a year earlier and up 2.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2026, Acuity Inc. (De)'s Tax Rate came in at 21.07%, down 0.97 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it was 20.71%, down 2.26 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of -2.82 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 22.97% in FY2024 (+0.42 pp), 22.54% in FY2023 (+0.29 pp), 22.25% in FY2022 (-0.44 pp) and 22.69% in FY2021 (-0.84 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Tax Rate since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.01 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (a gain of 3.51 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2022 (a drop of 5.19 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 21.24% (Q2 2026), 21.04% (Q1 2026) and 17.21% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trane Technologies | 102.75 Bn | 97.47 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 18.76% |
| 2 | Johnson Controls International | 90.01 Bn | 87.74 Bn | 2.47 Bn | 17.99% |
| 3 | Comfort Systems Usa | 51.61 Bn | 46.86 Bn | 844.23 Mn | 22.01% |
| 4 | Carrier Global | 45.80 Bn | 40.11 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 24.97% |
| 5 | Otis Worldwide | 27.26 Bn | 23.68 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 17.92% |
| 6 | James Hardie Industries | 14.86 Bn | 13.93 Bn | 548.70 Mn | 33.69% |
| 7 | Masco | 14.53 Bn | 12.38 Bn | 868.00 Mn | 24.32% |
| 8 | Allegion | 13.32 Bn | 12.03 Bn | 517.50 Mn | 19.00% |
| 9 | Carlisle Companies | 13.28 Bn | 9.63 Bn | 568.40 Mn | 22.77% |
| 10 | Acuity Inc. (De) | 9.33 Bn | 7.85 Bn | 606.40 Mn | 23.87% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 23.87% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 21.24% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 21.04% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 17.21% |
| May 31, 2025 | 21.53% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 24.24% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 20.85% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 22.03% |
| May 31, 2024 | 22.83% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 24.15% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 23.15% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 21.27% |
| May 31, 2023 | 24.30% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 24.02% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 19.64% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 22.45% |
| May 31, 2022 | 23.41% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 23.32% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 19.56% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 21.89% |
Acuity Inc. (De) Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=AYI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "AYI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=AYI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();