Acuity Inc.
Rank #107HypergrowthAYI · NYSE · Industrials
Acuity Inc. (AYI) — Rank #107 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.45) · ROE 13.9% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001144215 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally.
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It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, Healthcare Lighting, Holophane, Hydrel, IOTA, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, Nightingale, nLight, Peerless, RELOC Wiring Solutions, and SensorSwitch brand names. This segment serves electrical distributors, consumer retailers, large corporate accounts, and original equipment manufacturer customers. The AIS segment offers Distech Controls intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS), such as products for controlling heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, shades, refrigeration, and building access that prioritize end-user outcomes; Q-SYS, a full-stack audio, video, and control platform, and QSC Audio, an audio technology for live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals. This segment serves retail stores, airports, universities, enterprise campuses, sports venues, themed entertainment, and hospitality sectors through system integrators. It offers its products and solutions under the Atrius, Distech Controls, QSC, and KE2 Therm Solutions brands. Acuity Inc. was formerly known as Acuity Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Acuity Inc. in March 2025. Acuity Inc.
was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- August 31
- Website
- acuityinc.com
Financials
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| Fiscal year end | 2021-08-31filed 2021-10-27 | 2020-08-31filed 2020-10-23 | 2019-08-31filed 2019-10-29 | 2018-08-31filed 2018-10-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||
| Cash & equivalents | 491.3 | 560.7 | 461.0 | 129.1 |
| Accounts receivable | 571.8 | 500.3 | 561.0 | 637.9 |
| Inventory | 398.7 | 320.1 | 340.8 | 411.8 |
| Total current assets | 1,544.3 | 1,439.7 | 1,441.8 | 1,211.1 |
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 269.1 | 270.5 | 277.3 | 286.7 |
| Goodwill | 1,094.7 | 1,080.0 | 967.3 | 970.6 |
| Intangible assets (excl. goodwill) | 573.2 | 605.9 | 466.0 | 498.7 |
| Total assets | 3,575.1 | 3,491.7 | 3,172.4 | 2,988.8 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable | 391.5 | 326.5 | 338.8 | 451.1 |
| Deferred revenue | 7.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 | — |
| Total current liabilities | 692.2 | 617.6 | 596.1 | 682.7 |
| Total debt | 494.3 | 401.1 | 356.6 | 356.8 |
| Total liabilities | 1,530.6 | 1,364.2 | 1,253.5 | 1,272.0 |
| Equity | ||||
| Retained earnings | 2,810.3 | 2,523.3 | 2,295.8 | 1,999.2 |
| Total shareholders' equity | 2,044.5 | 2,127.5 | 1,918.9 | 1,716.8 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?