secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACUITY INC. (DE) (AYI)
CIK:        0001144215
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001144215-22-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acuity Brands Q1 FY2022 sales up 17% to $926M; diluted EPS up 57% to $2.46
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- Net sales $926.1M (+16.9% YoY); diluted EPS $2.46 (+56.7%); adjusted diluted EPS $2.85 (+40.4%).
- Operating profit $115.1M (+34.3%); adjusted operating margin 14.4%, up 120 bps.
- ABL segment sales $883.6M (+17.3%); ISG segment sales $46.4M (+13.7%).
- Operating cash flow $83.7M, down 32.4% due to working capital build; bought back 0.3M shares for $52.8M.
- Price increases largely offset material and freight cost inflation amid supply chain challenges.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421522000008/0001144215-22-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421522000008/ayi-20220107.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-22-000008

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