---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-24-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:44:00.013052+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands Q2 EPS up 11% to $2.84; margins expand despite 4% sales dip

## Summary
- Net sales $906M (-4% YoY); operating profit $118M (+6%); adjusted operating profit $140M (+6%).
- Reported diluted EPS $2.84; adjusted diluted EPS $3.38, both +11% vs prior year.
- ABL segment sales $843.5M (-5.3%) but operating margin up 100bps; ISG sales $68.1M (+17%) with margin up 240bps.
- YTD cash from operations $293M; repurchased ~370k shares for ~$68M.
- Adjusted operating margin expanded 150bps to 15.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-24-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+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/1144215/000114421524000046/0001144215-24-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421524000046/ayi-20240403.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-24-000046
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-24-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ACUITY INC. (DE) reported the second quarter of fiscal 2024 ended February 29, 2024 results: revenue $905.9 million, EPS $2.84.
  - Period: the second quarter of fiscal 2024 ended February 29, 2024
  - Revenue: $905.9 million
  - EPS: $2.84
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (the “Company”), a market-leading industrial technology company, announced net sales of $905.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2024 ended February 29, 2024, a decrease of $37.7 million, or 4.0 percent, compared to the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421524000046/0001144215-24-000046-index.htm

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