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Acuity Brands (STU:AQ8) Dividend Yield % : 0.23% (As of Mar. 26, 2025)


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What is Acuity Brands Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Acuity Brands is 0.23%.

Good Sign:

Acuity Brands Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year high.

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

STU:AQ8' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18   Med: 0.3   Max: 0.69
Current: 0.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Acuity Brands was 0.69%. The lowest was 0.18%. And the median was 0.30%.

STU:AQ8's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
94.35% of 1930 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs STU:AQ8: 0.23

Acuity Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Nov. 2024 was 0.05.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Acuity Brands was 0.09. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.06.

As of today (2025-03-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Acuity Brands is 0.25%.

Acuity Brands's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Nov. 2024 was €0.14.

During the past 12 months, Acuity Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% 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 -2.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Acuity Brands Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acuity Brands's Dividend Yield % 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 Dividend Yield % Chart

Acuity Brands Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.28 0.29 0.33 0.24

Acuity Brands Quarterly Data
Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.29 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.18

Competitive Comparison of Acuity Brands's Dividend Yield %

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Acuity Brands's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Acuity Brands's Dividend Yield % falls into.


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Acuity Brands Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Acuity Brands Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1700002025-02-032025-02-032025-02-14Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.966000
USD 0.1500002024-10-182024-10-182024-11-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.918000
USD 0.1500002024-07-182024-07-182024-08-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.922000
USD 0.1500002024-04-162024-04-172024-05-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.932000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Acuity Brands's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.58002/256.00
=0.23 %

Current Share Price is €256.00.
Acuity Brands's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €0.58002.

Acuity Brands's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.65688/256.00
=0.26 %

Current Share Price is €256.00.
Acuity Brands's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as €0.16422 * 4 = €0.65688.

* 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  (STU:AQ8) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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 Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2300, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309
Acuity is a leading industrial technology company that offers lighting, lighting controls, and intelligent building solutions. Acuity Brands designs, manufactures, and brings to market products and services relating to these and other offerings. Acuity Brands has two reportable segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and the Intelligent Spaces Group. ABL sells commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting, including components and control systems. ISG offers building management and audio/visual solutions to help make buildings intelligent.

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