secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACUITY INC. (DE) (AYI)
CIK:        0001144215
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001144215-21-000083
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acuity Brands Q4 sales up 11.4% to $992.7M; adj. EPS $3.27 beats prior year by 39%
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- Q4 net sales $992.7M (+11.4% YoY); diluted EPS $2.72 (+45.5%), adjusted diluted EPS $3.27 (+39.1%).
- Gross margin expanded 10 bps to 42.2%; operating margin up 150 bps to 13.4%; adjusted operating margin up 110 bps to 15.8%.
- ABL segment net sales +11.0%; ISG segment net sales +23.5% on strong demand for building controls and energy services.
- Repurchased 3.8M shares for $434.9M during fiscal 2021; reduced outstanding share count by over 10% since May 2020.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421521000083/0001144215-21-000083-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421521000083/ayi-20211006.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-21-000083

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