---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-23-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:39:32.781084+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands reports Q3 EPS $3.28 (adj. $3.75); sales fall 5.7% but margins expand

## Summary
- Net sales $1.0B, down 5.7% YoY; ABL segment sales -6.7%, ISG +12.9%.
- Operating profit margin 14.3% (+80 bps YoY); adjusted operating margin 16.3% (+100 bps).
- Diluted EPS $3.28 (+6.8%); adjusted diluted EPS $3.75 (+6.5%).
- Cash from ops $471.5M (9mo), up $305.8M YoY; repurchased 1.3M shares for $219M.
- Completed acquisition of KE2 Therm during Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-23-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000071/0001144215-23-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000071/ayi-20230629.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-23-000071.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACUITY INC. (DE) reported third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended May 31, 2023 results: revenue $1.0 billion, EPS $3.28.
  - Period: third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended May 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.0 billion
  - EPS: $3.28
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (the "Company"), a market-leading industrial technology company, announced net sales of $1.0 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended May 31, 2023, a decrease of 5.7 percent, or $60.3 million compared to the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000071/0001144215-23-000071-index.htm

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