Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Intangible Assets

: $1,560 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)

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Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Acuity Brands's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,560 Mil.

Acuity Brands Intangible Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Intangible Assets can be seen below:

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Acuity Brands Annual Data

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Intangible Assets

1,433.30

1,685.90

1,667.90

1,613.50

1,579.10

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Intangible Assets																1,576.10	1,601.60	1,579.10	1,568.70	1,560.00

Acuity Brands Intangible Assets Calculation

Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Examples of intangible assets include trade secrets, copyrights, patents, trademarks. If a company acquires assets at the prices above the book value, it may carry goodwill on its balance sheet. Goodwill reflects the difference between the price the company paid and the book value of the assets.

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) Intangible Assets Explanation

If a company (company A) received a patent through their own work, though it has value, it does not show up on its balance sheet as an intangible asset. However, if company A sells this patent to company B, it will show up on company B's balance sheet as an intangible asset.

The same applies to brand names, trade secrets etc. For instance, Coca-Cola's brand is extremely valuable, but the brand does not appear on its balance sheet, because the brand was never acquired.

Some intangibles are amortized. Amortization is the depreciation of intangible assets.

Many intangibles are not amortized. They may still be written down when the company decides the asset is impaired.

Whenever you see an increase in goodwill over a number of years, you can assume it's because the company is out buying other businesses above book value. GOOD if buying businesses with durable competitive advantage.

If goodwill stays the same, the company when acquiring other companies is either paying less than book value or not acquiring. Businesses with moats never sell for less than book value.

Intangibles acquired are on balance sheet at fair value.

Internally developed brand names (Coke, Wrigleys, Band-Aid) however are not reflected on the balance sheet.

One of the reasons competitive advantage power can remain hidden for so long.

Be Aware

Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.

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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Business Description

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Address

1170 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2300, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309

Website

https://www.acuitybrands.com

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