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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Days Sales Outstanding

: 50.97 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Acuity Brands's average Accounts Receivable for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $506 Mil. Acuity Brands's Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $906 Mil. Hence, Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 50.97.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding or its related term are showing as below:

AYI' s Days Sales Outstanding Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 49.95   Med: 56.46   Max: 60.06
Current: 49.95

During the past 13 years, Acuity Brands's highest Days Sales Outstanding was 60.06. The lowest was 49.95. And the median was 56.46.

AYI's Days Sales Outstanding is ranked better than
81.57% of 2957 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 78.91 vs AYI: 49.95

Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding declined from Feb. 2023 (53.54) to Feb. 2024 (50.97).


Acuity Brands Days Sales Outstanding Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Acuity Brands Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Days Sales Outstanding
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 59.57 58.23 56.53 56.38 56.39

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Days Sales Outstanding Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 53.54 48.72 49.68 52.35 50.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Sales Outstanding data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Acuity Brands Days Sales Outstanding Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding falls into.



Acuity Brands Days Sales Outstanding Calculation

Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's Accounts Receivable are being managed.

Accounts Receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding.

Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Days Sales Outstanding (A: Aug. 2023 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2022 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Aug. 2023 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Aug. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (665.9 + 555.3) / 2 ) / 3952.2*365
=610.6 / 3952.2*365
=56.39

Acuity Brands's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Days Sales Outstanding (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=Average Accounts Receivable /Revenue*Days in Period
=( (Accounts Receivable (A: Nov. 2023 ) + Accounts Receivable (A: Feb. 2024 )) / count ) / Revenue (A: Feb. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (517.1 + 494.9) / 2 ) / 905.9*365 / 4
=506 / 905.9*365 / 4
=50.97

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Acuity Brands  (NYSE:AYI) Days Sales Outstanding Explanation

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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2300, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309
Acuity Brands Inc is the parent company of Acuity Brands Lighting and other subsidiaries, which provide lighting products for commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential applications. These products include luminaires, lighting controls, lighting components, and integrated lighting systems that use a combination of light sources. Customers include electrical distributors, electric utilities, retail home improvement centers, and lighting showrooms. A majority of the firms' revenue is generated in the United States.
Executives
Dianne B Mills officer: SVP & Chief HR Officer C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC., 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, STE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Barry R Goldman officer: SVP & General Counsel 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Laura O'shaughnessy director C/O VROOM, INC., 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11, NEW YORK NY 10018
Karen J Holcom officer: Interim CFO 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2400, ATLANTA GA 30309
Michael J Bender director 3980 BAUGHMAN GRANT ROAD, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Marcia J Avedon director C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 800-E BEATY STREET, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Mark Sachleben director C/O NEW RELIC, INC., 188 SPEAR STREET, STE. 1200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Peter C Browning director GMS INC., 100 CRESCENT CENTRE PARKWAY, SUITE 800, TUCKER GA 30084
Mary A Winston director 557 BROADWAY, C/O SCHOLASTIC CORP, NEW YORK NY 10012
Maya Leibman director 4333 AMON CARTER BLVD, FORT WORTH TX 76155
Neil Ashe director, officer: President & CEO C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC., 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, STE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Robert F Mccullough director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 300309
Ray M Robinson director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
Dillard George Douglas Jr director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA GA 30309
W. Patrick Battle director 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, SUITE 2300, ATLANTA X1 30309