Acuity, Inc.

AYI Industrials Electrical Equipment & Parts

Acuity, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $4.6 billion, up 6.82% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+2.92%
EPS
+55.5%
Free cash flow
+61.1%
Total debt
−22.2%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

322.30 15.14 −4.49%
Market cap
$9.6B
P/E
18.4×
Fwd P/E
18.4×
Dividend yield
0.25%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
6.19
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
92/100

Acuity, Inc. (AYI) Gross margin

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Acuity, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 50.6%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 40.3% (fiscal 2019) to 50.6% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 29.9% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 50.6% 2.81
FY2025 47.8% 1.44
FY2024 46.4% 3.04
FY2023 43.4% 1.60
FY2022 41.8% (0.87)
FY2021 42.6% 0.46
FY2020 42.2% 1.87
FY2019 40.3% (0.07)
FY2018 40.4% (1.90)
FY2017 42.3% (1.38)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 53.9% 3.23
May 2026 50.6% 1.33
Feb 2026 49.3% 0.87
Nov 2025 48.4% (0.46)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 40.3% High 50.6%
Ten-year median 42.5%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
AYI Acuity, Inc. 50.6%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 48.0%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 40.3%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 36.6%
HUBB Hubbell Inc compare 35.4%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 35.0%
ENS Enersys compare 30.5%
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. compare 30.1%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −18.6%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 29.9%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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