Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI): Price and Financial Metrics

AYI POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where AYI ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 98.77% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AYI is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• AYI ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 20th percentile.

AYI Stock Summary

• AYI has a market capitalization of $6,882,129,401 -- more than approximately 76.54% of US stocks.
• AYI's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 71.89 -- higher than 72.67% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of Acuity Brands Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 84.83% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to AYI, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are DCI, YETI, FELE, DORM, and SKY.
• AYI's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Acuity Brands Inc's official web site, go to www.acuitybrands.com.

AYI Valuation Summary

• AYI's price/sales ratio is 2; this is 17.65% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 240 months, AYI's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 7.
• AYI's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.7 over the prior 240 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AYI.

AYI Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 23.22%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at -8.71%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -12.43%.

AYI's revenue has moved up $268,800,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows AYI's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	3,595.1	368.5	334.3
2021-09-30	3,461	408.7	306.3
2021-06-30	3,359.5	442.7	281.9
2021-03-31	3,236	502.7	256.6
2020-12-31	3,283.6	499.1	250.9
2020-09-30	3,326.3	504.8	248.3

AYI's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AYI has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 98.26% of graded US stocks.
• AYI's asset turnover comes in at 0.997 -- ranking 10th of 53 Electrical Equipment stocks.
• AME, RRX, and BYRN are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AYI.

The table below shows AYI's key quality metrics over time.