Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) gets downgraded to Sell by Goldman Sachs Group

Analyst Ratings For Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI)

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Today, Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) stock was downgraded by Goldman Sachs Group from Neutral to Sell.

There are 6 Hold Ratings, 4 Buy Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings, no Strong Buy Ratings on the stock.

The current consensus rating on Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) is Hold with a consensus target price of $160.00 per share, a potential 1.13% upside.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 9/12/2018-Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) gets downgraded to Sell by Goldman Sachs Group
  • 9/7/2018-Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) gets upgraded to Outperform by Robert W. Baird with a price target of $185.00
  • 4/16/2018-Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) gets downgraded to Hold by Vertical Research


  • On 5/8/2018 George Douglas Dillard Jr, Director, bought 5,000 with an average share price of $112.76 per share and the total transaction amounting to $563,800.00.
  • On 5/3/2018 W. Patrick Battle, Director, bought 1,330 with an average share price of $112.91 per share and the total transaction amounting to $150,170.30.
  • On 11/3/2017 Mark A Black, EVP, sold 7,441 with an average share price of $161.32 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,200,382.12.
  • On 7/14/2017 Mark A. Black, EVP, sold 5,427 with an average share price of $205.29 per share and the total transaction amounting to $1,114,108.83.
  • On 7/6/2017 Peter C Browning, Director, sold 970 with an average share price of $200.05 per share and the total transaction amounting to $194,048.50.
  • On 2/7/2017 Ray M Robinson, Director, sold 1,100 with an average share price of $206.19 per share and the total transaction amounting to $226,809.00.
  • On 7/11/2016 Richard K. Reece, CFO, sold 33,430 with an average share price of $269.07 per share and the total transaction amounting to $8,995,010.10.

About Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI)
Acuity Brands, Inc. provides lighting and building management solutions and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications in North America and internationally. The company offers lighting and controls products and solutions, such as recessed, surface, and suspended lighting; down, decorative, emergency and exit, track, day, special-use, street and roadway, parking garage, landscape, and underwater lighting; area pedestrian, flood, and decorative site lighting; occupancy sensors; photo controls; relay panels; architectural dimming panels; and integrated lighting controls systems. It also provides modular wiring products, light emitting diode drivers, glass products, and inverters; and services across applications that primarily relate to monitoring and controlling lighting systems through network technologies and the commissioning of control systems. The company markets its products under the Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Gotham, Mark Architectural Lighting, Winona Lighting, Juno, Indy, Aculux, Healthcare Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Carandini, Antique Street Lamps, Sunoptics, RELOC Wiring Solutions, eldoLED, Distech Controls, Acuity Controls, and Atrius brand names. It serves electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, electric utilities, lighting showrooms, national accounts, government entities and municipalities, original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, utility distributors, system integrators, developers, and energy service companies, as well as new construction, renovation, and maintenance and repair markets. The company sells its products through independent sales agents, electrical distributors, system integrators, and sales representatives, as well as through a network of distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses. Acuity Brands, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recent Trading Activity for Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI)
Shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. closed the previous trading session at 158,21 up +3,19 2,06 % with 155.12 shares trading hands.

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