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Acuity Brands (AYI) reported $1.01 billion in revenue for the quarter ended February 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.1%. EPS of $3.73 for the same period compares to $3.38 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.60% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.02 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.66, the EPS surprise was +1.91%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Acuity Brands performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
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Net Sales- Acuity Intelligent Spaces: $171.50 million compared to the $170.15 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +151.8% year over year.
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Net Sales- Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL): $840.60 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $859.87 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.3%.
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Net Sales- Eliminations: -$5.80 million compared to the -$7.84 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.8% year over year.
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Adjusted operating profit- Acuity Intelligent Spaces: $32 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $25.60 million.
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Adjusted operating profit- Acuity Brands Lighting: $141.30 million compared to the $148.14 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Acuity Brands have returned -3.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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