---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-23-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:17:18.290543+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands Q2 FY2023 net sales up 3.8% to $943.6M; adj. EPS $3.06, up 19.1%

## Summary
- Net sales $943.6M (+3.8% YoY); diluted EPS $2.57 (+20.7%); adjusted diluted EPS $3.06 (+19.1%).
- ABL segment net sales $890.8M (+3.2%); ISG segment net sales $58.2M (+16.4%).
- Operating cash flow $306.4M in H1 FY2023, up $179.1M YoY on improved working capital.
- Repurchased ~0.7M shares for $124.1M during first half of fiscal 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-23-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000055/0001144215-23-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000055/ayi-20230404.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-23-000055.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACUITY INC. (DE) reported the second quarter of fiscal 2023 ended February 28, 2023 results: revenue $943.6 million, EPS $2.57.
  - Period: the second quarter of fiscal 2023 ended February 28, 2023
  - Revenue: $943.6 million
  - EPS: $2.57
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (the "Company"), a market-leading industrial technology company, announced net sales of $943.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023 ended February 28, 2023, an increase of 3.8 percent, or $34.5 million compared to the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000055/0001144215-23-000055-index.htm

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