Acuity Brands, Inc. Forecasted to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $3.66 Per Share (NYSE:AYI)

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) – Equities research analysts at William Blair lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Acuity Brands in a report released on Wednesday, September 25th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now anticipates that the electronics maker will post earnings per share of $3.66 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.69. The consensus estimate for Acuity Brands’ current full-year earnings is $14.26 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Acuity Brands’ Q2 2025 earnings at $3.42 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $4.07 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $4.31 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $15.45 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on Acuity Brands from $286.00 to $280.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 18th. StockNews.com lowered Acuity Brands from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Acuity Brands from $260.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $286.25.

Acuity Brands Stock Performance

NYSE AYI opened at $269.74 on Friday. Acuity Brands has a 1 year low of $156.84 and a 1 year high of $275.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a current ratio of 2.77, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $247.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $252.88.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 27th. The electronics maker reported $4.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.82 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $968.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $996.52 million. Acuity Brands had a net margin of 10.12% and a return on equity of 20.97%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.50 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Acuity Brands

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Blair William & Co. IL raised its position in Acuity Brands by 3.5% in the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 1,435 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $386,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in Acuity Brands by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 10,903 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $2,233,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel increased its position in Acuity Brands by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel now owns 5,999 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $1,148,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Covestor Ltd raised its stake in shares of Acuity Brands by 14.7% during the first quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 475 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $128,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Acuity Brands by 1.6% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 3,764 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $909,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.21% of the company’s stock.

About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, location-aware applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL); and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG). The ABL segment provides commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting solutions, as well as lighting controls and components for various indoor and outdoor applications under the A-Light, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, Indy, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, nLight, OPTOTRONIC, Peerless, RELOCWiring Solutions, and Sensor Switch.