ACUITY INC AYI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 00508Y102 · ISIN US00508Y1029
Electronics manufacturing company
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryElectric Lighting & Wiring Equipment
- HeadquartersAtlanta, GA
- Founded2001
- Websiteacuitybrands.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($67.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 31.0m as of 2025-01-03, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $292.20. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($15.2m notional), 8 hold puts ($22.0m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 363 |
| Q4 2022 | 391 |
| Q1 2023 | 409 |
| Q2 2023 | 412 |
| Q3 2023 | 402 |
| Q4 2023 | 436 |
| Q1 2024 | 477 |
| Q2 2024 | 483 |
| Q3 2024 | 478 |
| Q4 2024 | 544 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 193 | 182 |
| Q2 2023 | 201 | 185 |
| Q3 2023 | 166 | 213 |
| Q4 2023 | 182 | 189 |
| Q1 2024 | 206 | 221 |
| Q2 2024 | 235 | 209 |
| Q3 2024 | 208 | 226 |
| Q4 2024 | 256 | 210 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $20.3m | $23.0m | 1.14 |
| Q2 2024 | $16.2m | $36.2m | 2.23 |
| Q3 2024 | $12.9m | $90.7m | 7.02 |
| Q4 2024 | $15.2m | $22.0m | 1.45 |
Biggest buyers
| Durable Capital Partners LP | Added | +668.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +398.9k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +152.8k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Added | +149.3k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Added | +103.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +103.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +102.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +94.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +84.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +82.9k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -706.0k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Reduced | -429.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -156.6k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS | Reduced | -104.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -99.9k |
| Boston Partners | Reduced | -98.6k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | Reduced | -83.5k |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | -64.4k |
| Paradice Investment Management LLC | Sold out | -59.6k |
Biggest calls
| PEAK6 LLC | First filing | $6.5m22.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.4m11.8k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.2m7.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m4.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $525.8k1.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $470.7k1.6k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $321.3k1.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $321.3k1.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $116.9k400 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| Genus Capital Management Inc. | Reduced | $15.0m51.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.3m11.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.6m5.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.2m4.2k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $467.4k1.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $294.2k1.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $146.0k500 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +4.3 pts · filed 2026-05-07 | 12.0% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.9% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $99.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.8m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $49.8k | 1 | $2.0m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.6m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-28 | GOLDMAN BARRY R SVP & General Counsel | Sold | $1.6m5.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.2m $945.5m | Reduced -55.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $906.9m | Added +16.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.0m $583.4m | Reduced -706.0k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.24% of their portfolio | 1.1m $327.5m | Added +8.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $326.5m | Added +103.2k |
| Durable Capital Partners LP 2.59% of their portfolio | 1.1m $318.0m | Added +668.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 988.8k $288.8m | Added +19.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 921.5k $269.2m | Reduced -1.1m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 808.3k $236.1m | Reduced -6.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 644.1k $188.2m | Added +17.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 605.5k $176.9m | Reduced -23.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 603.4k $176.3m | Added +61.8k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 481.9k $140.8m | Added +102.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 455.4k $133.0m | Added +82.9k |
| FIL Ltd 0.12% of their portfolio | 436.1k $127.4m | Added +9.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 412.9k $120.6m | Added +398.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 384.5k $112.3m | Added +12.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 377.4k $110.2m | Added +10.9k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.24% of their portfolio | 359.4k $105.0m | Reduced -83.5k |
| Boston Partners 0.13% of their portfolio | 357.1k $104.4m | Reduced -98.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 345.6k $101.0m | Added +34.6k |
| ALLEN OPERATIONS LLC 15.94% of their portfolio | 344.1k $100.5m | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.14% of their portfolio | 300.9k $87.9m | Added +84.6k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.81% of their portfolio | 282.7k $82.6m | Reduced -47.7k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 3.70% of their portfolio | 280.4k $81.9m | Reduced -937 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 267.2k $78.0m | Reduced -4.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 251.0k $73.3m | Added +42.4k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 250.3k $73.1m | Reduced -25.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 227.6k $66.5m | Reduced -27.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 216.0k $63.1m | Added +152.8k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.13% of their portfolio | 212.4k $62.0m | Added +11.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.7k $61.0m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Clark Capital Management Group, Inc. 0.42% of their portfolio | 206.5k $60.3m | Added +30.7k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.42% of their portfolio | 205.9k $60.2m | Reduced -14.6k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 188.7k $55.1m | Added +2.8k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 180.3k $52.7m | Added +103.8k |
| Interval Partners, LP 1.32% of their portfolio | 175.8k $51.4m | Reduced -36.2k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.14% of their portfolio | 164.7k $48.1m | Reduced -104.3k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.10% of their portfolio | 161.2k $47.1m | Added +149.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 155.3k $45.4m | Reduced -52.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.2k $45.0m | Added +493 |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.06% of their portfolio | 152.2k $44.5m | Added +3.6k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.13% of their portfolio | 146.2k $42.7m | Reduced -16.9k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.07% of their portfolio | 134.6k $39.3m | Added +24.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.05% of their portfolio | 123.6k $36.1m | Reduced -13.9k |
| Greenstone Partners & Co., LLC 7.54% of their portfolio | 110.1k $32.2m | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 100.1k $29.2m | Added +18.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 94.8k $27.7m | Reduced -799 |
| SCHWERIN BOYLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.83% of their portfolio | 94.6k $27.6m | Reduced -100 |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 94.2k $27.5m | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 88.9k $26.1m | Added +16.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 85.6k $25.0m | Added +3.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.02% of their portfolio | 85.0k $25.0m | Added +69.0k |
| Triodos Investment Management BV 2.00% of their portfolio | 84.8k $24.8m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.4k $24.4m | Added +20.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 81.2k $23.7m | Reduced -2.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 80.1k $23.4m | Reduced -156.6k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.10% of their portfolio | 72.8k $21.4m | Added +56.4k |
| Swedbank AB 0.03% of their portfolio | 72.7k $21.2m | Reduced -6.3k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 71.7k $21.0m | Added +63.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.1k $20.5m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 69.4k $20.3m | First filing |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 68.7k $20.1m | Added +284 |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC 1.45% of their portfolio | 67.4k $19.7m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 67.3k $19.7m | Added +3.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.7k $19.5m | Reduced -5.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.4k $19.1m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Man Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 65.1k $19.0m | Added +3.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.8k $18.9m | Reduced -126 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.5k $17.7m | Added +500 |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 59.6k $17.4m | Reduced -4.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.9k $17.2m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) 0.07% of their portfolio | 58.9k $17.2m | First filing |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.0k $16.7m | Reduced -26.0k |
| LATHROP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO 3.16% of their portfolio | 56.8k $16.6m | Reduced -1.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.6k $15.9m | Reduced -4.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.0k $15.5m | Added +43.5k |
| GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 53.0k $15.5m | Reduced -2.9k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 52.8k $15.4m | Added +46.5k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.9k $15.2m | Reduced -3.8k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.4k $14.6m | Added +2.7k |
| ASHFORD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.63% of their portfolio | 47.2k $13.8m | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.9k $13.4m | First filing |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 45.7k $13.3m | Added +20.3k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.9k $13.1m | Added +18.9k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.04% of their portfolio | 42.3k $12.3m | Reduced -16.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 41.5k $12.1m | Added +2.0k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 41.4k $12.1m | Added +28.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.6k $11.3m | Added +11.6k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.20% of their portfolio | 38.0k $11.1m | Reduced -11.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.8k $11.1m | Reduced -300 |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 37.7k $11.0m | Added +3.1k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 37.3k $10.9m | New |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 37.2k $10.9m | Reduced -211 |
| EULAV Asset Management 0.26% of their portfolio | 37.0k $10.8m | Unchanged |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.04% of their portfolio | 36.1k $10.6m | Added +6.8k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 36.1k $10.5m | Added +29.4k |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 36.0k $10.5m | Reduced -12.0k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 34.6k $10.1m | Reduced -1.8k |
| PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 34.6k $10.1m | Added +3.8k |