AYI Stock — Acuity Inc.

Acuity Inc. (AYI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AYI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.26%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.32%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 81/100 (Safe). Total return is 4472.0% over the past 24.9 years, 3515.6 points ahead of SPY at 956.4%.

Acuity Inc. provides lighting products, lighting controls, building management systems, and audio, video, and control platforms for commercial and industrial customers worldwide through two main segments: Acuity Brands Lighting, which offers luminaires and lighting solutions under multiple brand names, and Acuity Intelligent Spaces, which provides building management systems, an integrated audio-video-control platform, and audio technology for various sectors including retail, hospitality, and entertainment. The company distributes a very modest yield on a quarterly basis. This stock may appeal to investors seeking exposure to the commercial lighting and building technology sectors.

AYI performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 4472.0% over the past 24.9 years, 3515.6 points ahead of SPY at 956.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -15.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.5%.

AYI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

81 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.21%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/28/2001

Distribution rate

0.26%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.32%

5-year average yield

0.25

Last close

$303.25 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$9,077,954,628

Average volume

280150.0

Dividend

$0.20

Ex-dividend date

10/16/2026

Payment date

11/02/2026

Beta

1.299

Payout ratio

4.1%

P/E ratio

17.74

Forward P/E

14.1044

EPS

$17.09

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.26%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.32%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AYI risks and drawbacks

AYI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.5%.

Who may consider AYI — and who may not

AYI may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AYI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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