The past six months have been a windfall for Acuity Brands’s shareholders. The company’s stock price has jumped 50.6%, hitting $359.63 per share. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after a softened tone from President Donald Trump on U.S.-China relations boosted investor sentiment.
Intelligent lighting and space solutions provider Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, but sales rose 17.1% year on year to $1.21 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $5.20 per share was 7.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Intelligent lighting and space solutions provider Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI)
will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday morning. Here’s what to expect.
Acuity Inc's (NYSE: AYI) short interest as a percent of float has fallen 8.03% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 550 thousand shares sold short, which is 2.29% of all regular shares that are available for trading.
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