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77 (1y: +41%)

Market Cap	3.32 B	P/E(ttm)	27.90
Enterprise Value	3.37 B	P/B	3.90

AYI- NYSE (USA)
Acuity Brands Inc

Currently 1/5

Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star
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% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.
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Market Cap $M	3,321	Revenue $M	1,970	Net Margin (%)	6.0	Z-Score	4.6
Enterprise Value $M	3,366	EPS $	2.8	Operating Margin %	10.8	F-Score	7
P/E(ttm))	27.9	Cash Flow Per Share $	4.0	Pre-tax Margin (%)	9.3	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	3.9	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	4.3	Quick Ratio	1.6	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.7	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	-2.0	Current Ratio	2.1	Lower Leverage y-y	Y
Price/Cash Flow	16.6	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	7.0	ROA % (ttm)	6.7	Higher Current Ratio y-y	Y
Dividend Yield %	0.7	Insider Buy (3m)	0	ROE % (ttm)	13.9	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	18.7	Shares Outstanding M	42.8	ROI % (ttm)	11.1	Gross Margin Increase y-y	N

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Ticker	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
AYI	2013-03-31	Reduce	-0.55%	$65.46 - $72.93 ($69.75)	$ 77	10%	Reduce -71.98%	141,345
AYI	2012-03-31	Reduce	-0.27%	$50.32 - $64.76 ($55.73)	$ 77	38%	Reduce -26.81%	662,704
AYI	2008-03-31	Add	0.1%	$38.21 - $46.95 ($42.9)	$ 77	80%	Add 12%	1,868,090
AYI	2007-12-31	Buy	0.82%	$35.28 - $44.99 ($39.4)	$ 77	95%	New holding, 1667940 sh.	1,667,940
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

Total Records: 4

AYI is held by these Gurus:

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
AYI	John Burbank	2013-03-31	4,866	0.01	0.01	New Buy
AYI	Mario Gabelli	2013-03-31	29,395	0.07	0.01	+2.35%
AYI	Ron Baron	2013-03-31	1,000,000	2.34	0.38
AYI	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	8,773	0.02	0.03	-25.06%
AYI	John Keeley	2013-03-31	141,345	0.33	0.19	-71.98%

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AYI: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
Black Mark A	EVP- Customer Enabling Team Ld	2013-04-10	Sell	2,002	$73.8	1.88	view
NAGEL VERNON J	Chairman, President, and CEO	2013-04-09	Sell	21,518	$73.59	2.17	view
ROBINSON RAY M	Director	2013-04-08	Sell	1,815	$72.5	3.71	view
MCCULLOUGH ROBERT F	Director	2013-02-08	Sell	1,815	$70.05	7.34	view
Black Mark A	EVP- Customer Enabling Team Ld	2012-11-16	Sell	20,915	$61.31	22.64	view
NAGEL VERNON J	Chairman, President and CEO	2012-11-06	Sell	43,800	$66.52	13.03	view
NAGEL VERNON J	Chairman, President and CEO	2012-11-05	Sell	116,200	$65.93	14.05	view
REECE RICHARD K	EVP/CFO	2012-10-26	Sell	20,506	$64.5	16.57	view
REECE RICHARD K	EVP/CFO	2012-10-24	Sell	13,500	$63.9	17.67	view
REECE RICHARD K	EVP/CFO	2012-10-19	Sell	26,500	$64.52	16.54	view

Press Releases about AYI :

Carmanah Technologies Enters Into Supply Agreement with... 28 Feb 2013
Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Results 08 Jan 2013
Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Results 02 Jul 2012
Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Results 04 Apr 2012
Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Results 04 Apr 2012

Quarterly/Annual Reports about AYI:

10-Q - ACUITY BRANDS INC (0001144215) (Filer): (10-Q) 08 Jan 2013
10-K - ACUITY BRANDS INC (0001144215) (Filer): (10-K) 26 Oct 2012
10-Q - ACUITY BRANDS INC (0001144215) (Filer): (10-Q) 02 Jul 2012
10-Q - ACUITY BRANDS INC (0001144215) (Filer): (10-Q) 04 Apr 2012
10-Q - ACUITY BRANDS INC (0001144215) (Filer): (10-Q) 09 Jan 2012

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Acuity Brands Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) Jan 10 2011

Acuity Brands Inc. (AYI) EVP & CFO Jeremy M Quick sells 6,433 Shares Nov 10 2010

Acuity Brands Inc. (AYI) Chairman, President and CEO Vernon J Nagel sells 83,005 Shares Oct 22 2010

Acuity Brands Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) Jun 30 2010

Acuity Brands Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) Jan 06 2010

Acuity Brands Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) Apr 08 2009

Acuity Brands Inc. Reports Operating Results for Fiscal Quarter Ended on 2008-11-30 Jan 06 2009

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