profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Acuity
$333.75+0.55% today
-7.0% in 1 year
1-year low $257.791-year high $376.69
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $18.80 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Acuity sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.95 billion in 2023 to $4.64 billion in 2026, with $531 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Acuity handed back 42% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $287M
Free cash flow 2026$748M
Bought back its own shares$287M
Paid as dividends$24M
Cash vs. debt$636M vs. $809M
Acuity vs. similar companies
Acuity grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acuity | 18.8× · Fair price | ||
 Contemporary Amperex Technology | 21.1× · Fair price | ||
 ABB | 32.4× · Expensive | ||
 Vertiv | 59.7× · Expensive | ||
 Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public | 97.8× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Acuity's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,461 | 4,006 | 3,952 | 3,841 | 4,346 | 4,642 | |
| 1,475 | 1,673 | 1,713 | 1,782 | 2,079 | 2,351 | |
| – | 510 | 500 | 553 | 594 | – | |
| 521 | 616 | 568 | 665 | 676 | 873 | |
| 306 | 384 | 346 | 423 | 397 | 531 | |
| 8.38 | 11.08 | 10.76 | 13.44 | 12.53 | 17.05 | |
| 42.6% | 41.8% | 43.3% | 46.4% | 47.8% | 50.6% | |
| – | 12.7% | 12.7% | 14.4% | 13.7% | – | |
| 8.9% | 9.6% | 8.8% | 11.0% | 9.1% | 11.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,575 | 3,480 | 3,409 | 3,815 | 4,755 | 4,874 |
| Cash | 491 | 223 | 398 | 846 | 423 | 636 |
| Total debt | 557 | 596 | 591 | 574 | 1,004 | 809 |
| Total liabilities | 1,531 | 1,568 | 1,393 | 1,436 | 2,030 | 1,899 |
| 2,045 | 1,912 | 2,015 | 2,379 | 2,725 | 2,974 | |
| 37 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | |
| 12.8% | 16.4% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 11.5% | 15.0% | |
| 15.0% | 20.1% | 17.2% | 17.8% | 14.6% | 17.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409 | 316 | 578 | 619 | 601 | 826 | |
| 44 | 57 | 67 | 64 | 68 | 78 | |
| 365 | 260 | 511 | 555 | 533 | 748 | |
| Dividends paid | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 |
| 435 | 515 | 267 | 89 | 119 | 287 | |
| 33 | 37 | 42 | 47 | 45 | 50 |
Valuation
- 18.8×
- 17.1×
- 1.23
- 3.4×
- 2.2×
- 13.4×
- 11.6×
- 7.5%
- 5.3%
- 0.3%
Profitability
- 50.6%
- 15.9%
- 11.4%
- 15.2%
- 15.3%
- 14.4%
- 15.7%
- 9.4%
- 16.0%
- –
Growth
- +6.0%
- +15.3%
- −4.0%
- +5.5%
- −3.0%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.27
- 17.7%
- 20.0×
- 1.69
- 1.36
- 1.01
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 11%of 982
Top 19%of 989
Top 39%of 870
Bottom 47%of 986
Top 22%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $392.50
- Range
- $375.00 – $410.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | 4.14 | 4.01 | +3.2% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 4.69 | 4.52 | +3.8% |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 5.20 | 4.83 | +7.7% |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 5.12 | 4.44 | +15.3% |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 3.73 | 3.69 | +1.1% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 3.97 | 3.87 | +2.6% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 4.30 | 4.28 | +0.5% |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 4.15 | 4.07 | +2.0% |
0.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$3a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.5%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.52 in 2015 → $0.68 in 2025
How safe it looks
4.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 3.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
76Pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
73Pass
Peter Lynch
61Pass
Joel Greenblatt
44No pass
Charlie Munger
68Pass
Terry Smith
62Pass
Questions about Acuity
Is Acuity a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Acuity AI analysis
What does Acuity do?
Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates through Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS) segments. It is in Electrical Equipment & Parts, based in Atlanta, GA, United States, with 13,800 employees.
Does Acuity pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.3% a year, about 4% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $23.8 million in dividends.
Is Acuity stock halal?
Yes. Acuity passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 8% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Acuity stock done over the past year?
Down 7.0% over the past twelve months, to $333.75. It traded between $257.79 and $376.69 and is 11.4% below its high.
Who are Acuity's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Contemporary Amperex Technology, ABB, Vertiv and Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Acuity's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.