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Acuity Brands DB:AQ8 Stock Report

Last Price

€320.00

Market Cap

€9.9b

7D

6.0%

1Y

53.8%

Updated

19 Jan, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

AQ8 Stock Overview

Provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, location-aware applications in the United States and internationally. More details

AQ8 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation3/6
Future Growth2/6
Past Performance5/6
Financial Health5/6
Dividends0/6

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Acuity Brands, Inc. Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Acuity Brands
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$320.00
52 Week HighUS$320.00
52 Week LowUS$202.00
Beta1.41
1 Month Change10.34%
3 Month Change13.48%
1 Year Change53.85%
3 Year Change81.82%
5 Year Change190.91%
Change since IPO966.49%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

AQ8DE ElectricalDE Market
7D6.0%4.2%2.6%
1Y53.8%146.0%13.4%

Return vs Industry: AQ8 underperformed the German Electrical industry which returned 146% over the past year.

Return vs Market: AQ8 exceeded the German Market which returned 13.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is AQ8's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AQ8 volatility
AQ8 Average Weekly Movement3.6%
Electrical Industry Average Movement6.1%
Market Average Movement4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market11.5%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market2.4%

Stable Share Price: AQ8 has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: AQ8's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
200113,200Neil Ashewww.acuitybrands.com

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, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, nLight, OPTOTRONIC, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and Sensor Switch.

Acuity Brands, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Acuity Brands's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AQ8 fundamental statistics
Market cap€9.86b
Earnings (TTM)€417.17m
Revenue (TTM)€3.75b

23.6x

P/E Ratio

2.6x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
AQ8 income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$3.86b
Cost of RevenueUS$2.06b
Gross ProfitUS$1.80b
Other ExpensesUS$1.37b
EarningsUS$428.70m

Last Reported Earnings

Nov 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)13.98
Gross Margin46.72%
Net Profit Margin11.11%
Debt/Equity Ratio20.1%

How did AQ8 perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.2%

Current Dividend Yield

4%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/19 17:41
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings2024/11/30
Annual Earnings2024/08/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Acuity Brands, Inc. is covered by 29 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Timothy WojsBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Matthew McCallBB&T Capital Markets