AYI Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

ESAB has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acuity Brands's net margin of 8.01%. Acuity Brands's return on equity of 18.95% beat ESAB's return on equity of 15.11%.

Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $345.13, signalling upside risk potential of 31.36%. On the other hand ESAB has an analysts' consensus of $133.10 which suggests that it could grow by 10.66%. Given that Acuity Brands has higher upside potential than ESAB, analysts believe Acuity Brands is more attractive than ESAB.

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.408, which suggesting that the stock is 40.753% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison ESAB has a beta of 0.000, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 100%.

Acuity Brands has a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.24%. ESAB offers a yield of 0.25% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. Acuity Brands pays 4.31% of its earnings as a dividend. ESAB pays out 6.42% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Acuity Brands quarterly revenues are $951.6M, which are larger than ESAB quarterly revenues of $670.8M. Acuity Brands's net income of $106.7M is higher than ESAB's net income of $53.7M. Notably, Acuity Brands's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.35x while ESAB's PE ratio is 27.84x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Acuity Brands is 2.15x versus 2.68x for ESAB. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acuity Brands's net margin of 6.31%. Acuity Brands's return on equity of 18.95% beat Greenbrier Companies's return on equity of 11.9%.

Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $345.13, signalling upside risk potential of 31.36%. On the other hand Greenbrier Companies has an analysts' consensus of $68.50 which suggests that it could grow by 24.77%. Given that Acuity Brands has higher upside potential than Greenbrier Companies, analysts believe Acuity Brands is more attractive than Greenbrier Companies.

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.408, which suggesting that the stock is 40.753% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.628, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.752%.

Acuity Brands has a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.24%. Greenbrier Companies offers a yield of 2.19% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share. Acuity Brands pays 4.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Greenbrier Companies pays out 23.99% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Acuity Brands quarterly revenues are $951.6M, which are larger than Greenbrier Companies quarterly revenues of $875.9M. Acuity Brands's net income of $106.7M is higher than Greenbrier Companies's net income of $55.3M. Notably, Acuity Brands's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.35x while Greenbrier Companies's PE ratio is 9.60x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Acuity Brands is 2.15x versus 0.49x for Greenbrier Companies. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Mueller Water Products has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acuity Brands's net margin of 11.6%. Acuity Brands's return on equity of 18.95% beat Mueller Water Products's return on equity of 17.46%.

Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $345.13, signalling upside risk potential of 31.36%. On the other hand Mueller Water Products has an analysts' consensus of $29.17 which suggests that it could grow by 7.03%. Given that Acuity Brands has higher upside potential than Mueller Water Products, analysts believe Acuity Brands is more attractive than Mueller Water Products.

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.408, which suggesting that the stock is 40.753% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.393, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 39.348%.

Acuity Brands has a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.24%. Mueller Water Products offers a yield of 0.96% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share. Acuity Brands pays 4.31% of its earnings as a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 34.43% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Acuity Brands quarterly revenues are $951.6M, which are larger than Mueller Water Products quarterly revenues of $304.3M. Acuity Brands's net income of $106.7M is higher than Mueller Water Products's net income of $35.3M. Notably, Acuity Brands's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.35x while Mueller Water Products's PE ratio is 31.69x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Acuity Brands is 2.15x versus 3.14x for Mueller Water Products. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

PGD Eco Solutions has a net margin of 11.21% compared to Acuity Brands's net margin of --. Acuity Brands's return on equity of 18.95% beat PGD Eco Solutions's return on equity of --.

Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $345.13, signalling upside risk potential of 31.36%. On the other hand PGD Eco Solutions has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could fall by --. Given that Acuity Brands has higher upside potential than PGD Eco Solutions, analysts believe Acuity Brands is more attractive than PGD Eco Solutions.

Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.408, which suggesting that the stock is 40.753% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison PGD Eco Solutions has a beta of 0.000, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 100%.

Acuity Brands has a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.24%. PGD Eco Solutions offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Acuity Brands pays 4.31% of its earnings as a dividend. PGD Eco Solutions pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. Acuity Brands's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Acuity Brands quarterly revenues are $951.6M, which are larger than PGD Eco Solutions quarterly revenues of --. Acuity Brands's net income of $106.7M is higher than PGD Eco Solutions's net income of --. Notably, Acuity Brands's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.35x while PGD Eco Solutions's PE ratio is --. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Acuity Brands is 2.15x versus -- for PGD Eco Solutions. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.