Financial results from the company

Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) today released its Q2nd financial year 2022 results report.

As for the company's shares in yesterday's trading, the stock opened at $190.53 yesterday and closed at $185.07, down -3.17%. Moreover, over the last five days, the company's shares have lost -5.82%.

Acuity Brands had a high of $191.30 per share on Monday and a low of $182.70.

The company's market capitalisation currently stands at USD 6.48 billion.

The company has a 52-week high of $224.59 and a 52-week low of $159.57.

Results of the report from the company

In its report, Acuity Brands reported net sales of US$863.1 million. It is worth noting that this is a 17% increase over last year.

Also, the company's operating profit in Q2nd FY2022 was $116.5 million, an increase of 14.2% over the previous year.

Net cash from operations of $127.3 million was down by $85.3 million (40.1%) in the first 6 months of FY2022.

Diluted earnings per share increased by 22% year-on-year.

Acuity Brands was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Leadership team:

Neil Ashe - Chairman, President and CEO;
Karen Holcom - SVP, CEO;
Barry Goldman - SVP and General Counsel;
Dianne Mills - SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer;
Tyler Moon - SVP and COO;
Candace Steele Flippin - SVP and CCO;
Trevor Palmer - President at Acuity Brands Lighting and Controls;
Peter Han - President at Intelligent Spaces Group.