On Friday, Acuity Inc (NYSE: AYI) was -9.20% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $257.26. A 52-week range for AYI has been $217.64 – $345.30.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 1.24% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 8.87%. With a float of $30.79 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $31.00 million.
In an organization with 13200 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 46.69%, operating margin of 13.79%, and the pretax margin is 13.57%.
Acuity Inc (AYI) Insider Updates
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Acuity Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Acuity Inc is 0.36%, while institutional ownership is 99.42%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 28 ’24, was worth 1,561,600. In this transaction SVP & General Counsel of this company sold 5,120 shares at a rate of $305.00, taking the stock ownership to the 8,438 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 28 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,120 for $305.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,561,600.
Acuity Inc (AYI) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.87% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.31% during the next five years compared to 10.11% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Acuity Inc (NYSE: AYI) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Acuity Inc (AYI) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.36. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.82. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 15.88.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.19, a number that is poised to hit 4.30 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 19.04 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Acuity Inc (AYI)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.85 million. That was better than the volume of 0.37 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 32.72%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 11.18.
During the past 100 days, Acuity Inc’s (AYI) raw stochastic average was set at 7.91%, which indicates a significant decrease from 17.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 46.79% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 31.70% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $294.21, while its 200-day Moving Average is $284.94. However, in the short run, Acuity Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $249.55. Second resistance stands at $265.52. The third major resistance level sits at $278.30. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $220.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $208.01. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $192.04.
Acuity Inc (NYSE: AYI) Key Stats
There are 30,959K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 7.22 billion. As of now, sales total 3,841 M while income totals 422,600 K. Its latest quarter income was 951,600 K while its last quarter net income were 106,700 K.
