Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.05 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Acuity Brands's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.05.

The historical rank and industry rank for Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AYI' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 0.06 Max: 0.12
Current: 0.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Acuity Brands was 0.12. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.06.

AYI's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked better than
98.75% of 1675 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.32 vs AYI: 0.04

As of today (2024-04-18), the Dividend Yield % of Acuity Brands is 0.23%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Acuity Brands was 0.71%. The lowest was 0.19%. And the median was 0.32%.

Acuity Brands's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.15.

During the past 12 months, Acuity Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Acuity Brands was 10.10% per year. The lowest was -4.70% per year. And the median was -3.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Acuity Brands Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Acuity Brands Annual Data

Trend

Aug14

Aug15

Aug16

Aug17

Aug18

Aug19

Aug20

Aug21

Aug22

Aug23

Dividend Payout Ratio

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.04

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Dividend Payout Ratio																0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio 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 Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Acuity Brands Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Aug. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Aug. 2023 )
	=	0.52	/	14.05
	=	0.04

Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Feb. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Feb. 2024 )
	=	0.15	/	2.845
	=	0.05

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Business Description

Industry

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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