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Acuity Inc.
Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts · NYQ
$296.74
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
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Market Cap
$9.0B
Trailing P/E
21.74
Forward P/E
13.95
Rev Growth
+4.9%
Profit Margin
9.4%
ROE
16.0%
Analyst Target
$342.50
Recommendation
BUY
About Acuity Inc.

Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, Nightingale, nLight, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and SensorSwitch brand names. This segment serves electrical distributors, consumer retailers, large corporate accounts, and original equipment manufacturer customers. The AIS segment offers Distech Controls intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS), such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that prioritize end-user outcomes; Q-SYS, a full-stack audio, video, and control platform, and QSC Audio, an audio technology for live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals. This segment serves retail stores, airports, universities, enterprise campuses, sports venues, themed entertainment, and hospitality sectors through system integrators. It offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, QSC, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Inc. was formerly known as Acuity Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Acuity Inc. in March 2025. Acuity Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 71.5
Score Quality: 61.2
Score Combined: 56.6

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation97.9
Quality59.4
Cash Flow59.8
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 52.0 · Rank: #1400
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$9.6B
Price/Book
3.20
Beta
1.321
Analysts
8
Total Revenue (TTM)
$4.6B
Total Debt
$808.2M
Earnings Growth
+26.1%
Dividend Yield
25.0%
Rec. Mean
1.89
Short Ratio
3.71
Short % Float
0.0%
Employees
13,800

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 56.6 (P89 — top 11.2% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 8 analysts at Buy.
Price: $296.74 | Target: $352.50 (+19%)
Score
57
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+19%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth+4.9%
Profit Margin9.4%
ROE16.0%
Forward P/E13.9
Market Cap$9.0B
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $252.23 (-15%) | Entry: $296.74
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($352.50, 8 analysts)
10$2,967.40+$557.60 (19%)1.3R
50$14,837.00+$2,788.00 (19%)1.3R
100$29,674.00+$5,576.00 (19%)1.3R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (3.71 days to cover)
The Verdict
Acuity Inc. passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

B
Quant Score
58.5
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-3.1%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-4.8%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
0.35
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-33.7%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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30d Prob Up
90d Prob Up
Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
80
Liquidity Grade
HIGHLY LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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Kalman Trend
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Momentum Signal
HMM Regime
RSI Signal
Technical Signals

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MA Crossover
BELOW_200
Bollinger Position
NEAR_UPPER
Beta
Relative Volume
1.3x
Short Interest
Financial Health

Is this company financially sound? The Z-Score measures bankruptcy risk. The F-Score measures fundamental strength.

Altman Z-Score
below 1.81 = distress zone
Piotroski F-Score
Earnings Beat Rate
Earnings Consistency
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Seasonality

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Best Day
Monday
Worst Day
Thursday
Best Month
Sep
Worst Month
Mar
Fri-Mon Effect
-0.2903205040511063
Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
+5.3%
3M Return
-2.3%
6M Return
-15.3%
12M Return
+14.0%
Momentum Rank
#2778
Momentum Signal
FLAT

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