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Acuity Brands (Acuity Brands) Days Inventory

: 68.52 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). Acuity Brands's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $371 Mil. Acuity Brands's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $494 Mil. Hence, Acuity Brands's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 68.52.

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

AYI' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 51.06   Med: 62.1   Max: 69.63
Current: 67.01

During the past 13 years, Acuity Brands's highest Days Inventory was 69.63. The lowest was 51.06. And the median was 62.10.

AYI's Days Inventory is ranked better than
81.45% of 2906 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 120.985 vs AYI: 67.01

Acuity Brands's Days Inventory declined from Feb. 2023 (78.47) to Feb. 2024 (68.52).

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Acuity Brands's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.33.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Acuity Brands's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.41.


Acuity Brands Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Days Inventory 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 Inventory
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 62.63 62.69 66.05 69.17 69.63

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 Inventory 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 78.47 69.05 61.80 66.13 68.52

Competitive Comparison

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

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

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



Acuity Brands Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

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

Days Inventory (A: Aug. 2023 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (A: Aug. 2022 ) + Total Inventories (A: Aug. 2023 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (A: Aug. 2023 )*Days in Period
=( (485.7 + 368.5) / 2 ) / 2239*365
=427.1 / 2239*365
=69.63

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

Days Inventory (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=Average Total Inventories / Cost of Goods Sold*Days in Period
=( (Total Inventories (Q: Nov. 2023 ) + Total Inventories (Q: Feb. 2024 )) / count ) / Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Feb. 2024 )*Days in Period
=( (365.3 + 375.8) / 2 ) / 493.5*365 / 4
=370.55 / 493.5*365 / 4
=68.52

* 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 Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Acuity Brands's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Acuity Brands's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.


Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.


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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

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