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) Operating margin

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Acuity, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 15.4%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.6% (fiscal 2020) to 15.4% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 15.4% 2.40
FY2025 13.0% (1.43)
FY2024 14.4% 2.43
FY2023 12.0% (0.74)
FY2022 12.7% 0.37
FY2021 12.4% 1.71
FY2020 10.6% (1.96)
FY2019 12.6% 0.08
FY2018 12.5% (2.53)
FY2017 15.1% 0.61

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 18.2% 2.10
May 2026 16.1% 3.54
Feb 2026 12.6% (1.42)
Nov 2025 14.0% (0.92)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.6% High 15.4%
Ten-year median 12.9%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 21.6%
HUBB Hubbell Inc compare 20.2%
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. compare 19.7%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 17.8%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 16.0%
AYI Acuity, Inc. 15.4%
ENS Enersys compare 13.0%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 12.9%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −172.8%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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