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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Acuity Inc. (De)AYI · consumer durables | |
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| Grade |  Bsecond fifth of 460 graded peers; percentile 24.0, sampling error 2.3 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 106 of 460 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 52.2 |
| Solvency | Bpercentile 24.8 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 42.4 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $4.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 10 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Oct 27, 2025347 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $300.452026-10-08; market equity $9.0B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Oct 27, 2025; the document on sec.gov.
Acuity Inc. (referred to herein as “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company,” or similar references) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (“ABL”) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (“AIS”), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video, and control platform.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 52.2 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 43.7% | [1,3] | 34.4% | 37.1 | 476 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 8.9% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2021-08-31; latest annual assets end 2025-08-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (4.8%) | [1,4-6] | (5.1%) | 55.3 | 525 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.3 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 1.7 pts | 64.3 | 407 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 24.8 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 6.26 | [1,15-20] | 2.11 | 14.2 | 402 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.11x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2021-08-31; latest annual assets end 2025-08-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.57x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-08-31; latest annual assets end 2025-08-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.95x | [15-16] | 1.55x | 35.4 | 541 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 42.4 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 2.7% | [2,8,10,12] | 1.4% | 42.4 | 482 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 27.1% | [5,21-27] | 8.3% | 23.7 | 250 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | (99.0%) | [15-16,18,21,28-32] | 12.0% | 90.9 | 265 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 11.0% | [1,6,33-34] | 2.0% | 14.6 | 487 | 2025-08-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (0.8%) | [35-36] | (0.3%) | 40.2 | 382 | 2025-10-23 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.241; sampling error 2.3 percentile points on 460 peers.
Among 460 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Mattel Inc. (MAT) Mattel Inc. (MAT) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 22.8 Nasdaq · Dolls & Stuffed Toys market equity $4.7B; last close $16.59 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 22.8 | A/B | |
| 102 | MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM) MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.0 NYSE · Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment market equity $7.2B; last close $128.79 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 23.0 | B | |
| 103 | TE Connectivity plc (TEL) TE Connectivity plc (TEL) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.3 NYSE · Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, NEC market equity $62.0B; last close $214.29 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 23.3 | B | |
| 104 | Superior Group OF Companies, Inc. (SGC) Superior Group OF Companies, Inc. (SGC) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 23.6 Nasdaq · Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl market equity $209.2M; last close $13.01 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 23.6 | A/B | |
| 105 | Carmax Inc. (KMX) Carmax Inc. (KMX) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.7 NYSE · Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations market equity $7.6B; last close $53.80 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 23.7 | B | |
| 106 | Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Acuity Inc. (De) (AYI) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.0 NYSE · Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment market equity $9.0B; last close $300.45 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 24.0 | B | |
| 107 | Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.1 Nasdaq · Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores market equity $3.2B; last close $52.76 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 24.1 | B | |
| 108 | Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) Turning Point Brands, Inc. (TPB) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.4 NYSE · Tobacco Products market equity $1.1B; last close $57.09 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 24.4 | B | |
| 109 | Dillard'S, Inc. (DDS) Dillard'S, Inc. (DDS) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.7 NYSE · Retail-Department Stores last close $646.12 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 24.7 | B | |
| 110 | Dillard'S, Inc. (DDT) Dillard'S, Inc. (DDT) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.7 NYSE · Retail-Department Stores last close $26.19 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 24.7 | B | |
| 111 | Autoliv Inc. (ALV) Autoliv Inc. (ALV) Bsecond fifth; percentile 25.1 NYSE · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories market equity $8.1B; last close $111.00 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 25.1 | B |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | B | 22.4 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | B | 24.0 | 460 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | A | 16.6 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | B | 28.1 | 460 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 460 graded peers, about 92 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (3.4%) | (0.2%) | 45 | hotter than 45 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (20.2%) | (25.6%) | 59 | closer to its high than 59 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 6.2% | 5.0% | 61 | pricier than 39 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.9% | 4.6% | 59 | pricier than 41 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.32 | 0.45 | 39 | pricier than 61 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.48 | 1.49 | 16 | pricier than 84 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (23.9%) | (16.0%) | 29 | more equity-funded than 29 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.01) | (0.01) | 50 | ahead of 50 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $9.0B; EBIT $563.9M; free cash flow $533.0M; book equity $2.9B; sales $4.3B; debt $494.3M; cash $411.9M[37].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 6 of 9, period end 2025-08-31 | ||
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| Return on assets above zero | 10.4% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $601.4M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (2.0 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,33,38] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $204.8M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 7.2 pts | ✗ fail[1,6,33,39-40] |
| Current ratio improved | (76.8 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,31-32] |
| No new shares issued | (0.8%) | ✓ pass[35-36] |
| Gross margin improved | 1.4 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 1.2 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,33] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $411.9M[41] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $722.7M[5,41-45] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 106 |
| 10-Q received Jun 25, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $88.1M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 347 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $4.8B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $4.3B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $2.1B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $396.6M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $601.4M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.8B | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $1.8B | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $3.8B | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $1.7B | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $4.0B | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $1.7B | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $4.0B | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $1.5B | 2021-08-31 | 2023-10-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $3.5B | 2021-08-31 | 2023-10-26 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.7B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $845.8M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $4.3B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $563.9M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $2.7B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $2.0B | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $68.4M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $619.2M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $64.0M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $578.1M | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $66.7M | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $316.3M | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $56.5M | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $133.1M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $500.2M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $103.6M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.9B | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $687.9M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.4B | 2023-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.5B | 2022-08-31 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,612,970 | 2025-10-23 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,863,344 | 2024-10-23 | 2024-10-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 29,935,547 | 2026-06-23 | 2026-06-25 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $422.6M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $896.8M | 2025-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $496.2M | 2024-08-31 | 2025-10-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $411.9M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-06-25 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $520.2M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-06-25 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $229.9M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-02 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $140.8M | 2025-11-30 | 2026-01-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 45 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $398.9M | 2025-05-31 | 2026-06-25 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 24.0 is 4.0 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.3 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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