Acuity Brands Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 5/6

Acuity Brands has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 8%, while the Electrical industry saw earnings growing at 14.8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.5% per year. Acuity Brands's return on equity is 17.8%, and it has net margins of 11%.

Key information

8.0%

Earnings growth rate

13.9%

EPS growth rate

Electrical Industry Growth30.3%
Revenue growth rate3.5%
Return on equity17.8%
Net Margin11.0%
Last Earnings Update31 Aug 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Acuity Brands makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:AQ8 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Aug 243,8414231,128102
31 May 243,8193871,12197
29 Feb 243,8513781,11897
30 Nov 233,8893721,11997
31 Aug 233,9523461,12197
31 May 234,0523791,12095
28 Feb 234,1123791,11795
30 Nov 224,0783711,09795
31 Aug 224,0063841,06995
31 May 223,8893671,05088
28 Feb 223,7283471,03688
30 Nov 213,59533498588
31 Aug 213,46130696188
31 May 213,36028292882
28 Feb 213,23625787182
30 Nov 203,28425189782
31 Aug 203,32624894282
31 May 203,37327192075
29 Feb 203,54529994675
30 Nov 193,57530892575
31 Aug 193,67333091475
31 May 193,79634393464
28 Feb 193,79232794264
30 Nov 183,77035895064
31 Aug 183,68035096164
31 May 183,57733291552
28 Feb 183,52434188952
30 Nov 173,49731286852
31 Aug 173,50532287152
31 May 173,47331489447
28 Feb 173,43330690347
30 Nov 163,40630491347
31 Aug 163,29129086447
31 May 163,12526784141
29 Feb 162,95825878841
30 Nov 152,79623973741
31 Aug 152,70722171341
31 May 152,61621670635
28 Feb 152,53619568235
30 Nov 142,46618166235
31 Aug 142,39417465135
31 May 142,30516461933
28 Feb 142,24215260433
30 Nov 132,18314459133

Quality Earnings: AQ8 has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AQ8's current net profit margins (11%) are higher than last year (8.8%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AQ8's earnings have grown by 8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: AQ8's earnings growth over the past year (22.1%) exceeds its 5-year average (8% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: AQ8 earnings growth over the past year (22.1%) exceeded the Electrical industry 0.7%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: AQ8's Return on Equity (17.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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