Acuity (AYI) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $5.77
- Estimate
- $5.56
- Surprise
- +3.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.4 → 6.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Acuity (AYI) beat the $5.56 estimate with adjusted EPS of $5.77 — a clear 3.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.4/10) to Hold at 6.3/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AYI Sell at 5.9/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.8% surprise compares with a +3.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-07.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Target reached (-3.5% upside)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $333.75
- Stop
- $311.19
The stock trades at 19.5× trailing but 14.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-11 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AYI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Parts
- Market cap
- $9.94B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 19.5
- 52-week range
- $257.04–$380.17
- Off 52-week high
- 12.2%
- RSI (14)
- 60
- Volume vs avg
- 0.62×
- Score today
- 5.9/10