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

323.64 0.33 +0.10%
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) Return on invested capital

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Acuity, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 14.7%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0% (fiscal 2025) to 24.6% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is above the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 14.7% 3.68
FY2025 11.0% (6.02)
FY2024 17.0% 3.04
FY2023 14.0% (0.47)
FY2022 14.5% 1.52
FY2021 13.0% 1.71
FY2020 11.2% (4.70)
FY2019 15.9% 1.13
FY2018 14.8% (4.45)
FY2017 19.3% 0.72

Against its own ten years

Low 11.0% High 24.6%
Ten-year median 14.8%
Current reading's percentile 50

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
POWL Powell Industries, Inc. compare 116.0%
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. compare 15.9%
AYI Acuity, Inc. 14.7%
ENS Enersys compare 12.4%
NVT nVent Electric PLC compare 11.4%
FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. compare 9.87%
HUBB Hubbell Inc compare 9.38%
HAYW Hayward Holdings, Inc. compare 7.73%
PLUG Plug Power, Inc. compare −74.2%
Electrical Equipment & Parts industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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