Earnings Preview: Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands AYI is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2022-06-30. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Acuity Brands will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.96.

Acuity Brands bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.20, which was followed by a 1.24% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Acuity Brands's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Acuity Brands were trading at $154.34 as of June 28. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 13.76%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Acuity Brands visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.