Acuity Brands, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: US00508Y1029
USD
267.87
-0.03 (-0.01%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Acuity Brands, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 17.67%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.33% and Operating profit at 8.51% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in May 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 16.6%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 27.62 %
  • INTEREST(Q) Highest at USD 14.6 MM
5
With ROE of 17.06%, it has a fair valuation with a 5.36 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 15.81%, its profits have risen by 8.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4
6
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 15.81% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Acuity Brands, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Electronics & Appliances)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Acuity Brands, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Acuity Brands, Inc.
1.4%
1.47
32.18%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.68%
EBIT Growth (5y)
11.51%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
18.36
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.34
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.25
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.32
Tax Ratio
22.04%
Dividend Payout Ratio
5.27%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
22.35%
ROE (avg)
17.67%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
29
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.71
EV to EBIT
21.28
EV to EBITDA
17.24
EV to Capital Employed
4.20
EV to Sales
3.00
PEG Ratio
5.99
Dividend Yield
0.13%
ROCE (Latest)
19.75%
ROE (Latest)
16.05%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 610 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 8.25 times

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.18% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.25

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 3.82

-8What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At USD 20.6 MM has Grown at 68.85%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 15.61%

Here's what is working for Acuity Brands, Inc.

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 8.25 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 610 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 3.82
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.25
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -0.18% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Acuity Brands, Inc.

Interest
At USD 20.6 MM has Grown at 68.85%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)