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Acuity Brands, Inc.
1W: +4.0% 1M: +5.7% 3M: -3.1% YTD: -13.3% 1Y: -12.2% 3Y: +94.5% 5Y: +56.5%
$323.11
+4.39 (+1.38%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.0%
$293 $306 $319 $331 $344
NYSE · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts · Tech Score Buy · Power 63 · $9.7B mcap · 30M float · 1.19% daily turnover · Short 54% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 75% of companies Debt: 7.7% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.43 (down 99.2%), Acuity Brands, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $808.9M against a stock market value of $9.67B.
Distance to default 8.55 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-31, debt counted $448.7M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 37.7%; Altman Z 6.07. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$826M +37.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +15.1%
Capital Expenditures
$78M -13.6% ▼
5Y CAGR: +12.1%
Free Cash Flow
$748M +40.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +15.4%
Dividends Paid
$24M -15.5% ▼
Buybacks
$287M -142.4% ▼
Net Change in Cash
$214M +150.5% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$384M$346M$423M$397M$531M
Depreciation & Amort.$95M$93M$91M$133M$156M
Stock-Based Comp.$37M$42M$47M$45M$50M
Change in Working Capital-$199M$48M$90M$10M$49M
Other Non-Cash Items-$1M$97M$3M$17M$6M
Operating Cash Flow$316M$578M$619M$601M$826M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$56M-$67M-$64M-$68M-$78M
Acquisitions (Net)-$13M-$36M$0-$1.2B$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$7M$12M-$1M-$23M-$2M
Investing Cash Flow-$62M-$91M-$65M-$1.3B-$79M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$18M-$18M$0$400M-$200M
Stock Repurchased-$515M-$267M-$89M-$118M-$287M
Dividends Paid-$18M-$17M-$18M-$21M-$24M
Other Financing$11M-$14M$2M-$34M-$33M
Financing Cash Flow-$512M-$313M-$104M$255M-$536M
Net Change in Cash-$268M$175M$448M-$423M$214M
Cash End of Period$223M$398M$846M$422M$636M
Free Cash Flow$260M$511M$555M$533M$748M

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