13FPulse
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AYI ACUITY INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 00508Y102 · Sector: Industrials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
619
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+42
Last quarter 577 → now 619
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 93% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

619 funds held AYI at the end of 2026Q2, up 42 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 93.2% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $4.6B(YoY +10.5%), the P/E is 21.9x, return on equity is 16.6%. AYI has had 20 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +4.5% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Industrials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=221 2013Q4: holders=231 2014Q1: holders=273 2014Q2: holders=265 2014Q3: holders=247 2014Q4: holders=285 2015Q1: holders=319 2015Q2: holders=366 2015Q3: holders=394 2015Q4: holders=426 2016Q1: holders=425 2016Q2: holders=475 2016Q3: holders=473 2016Q4: holders=481 2017Q1: holders=444 2017Q2: holders=428 2017Q3: holders=392 2017Q4: holders=412 2018Q1: holders=411 2018Q2: holders=414 2018Q3: holders=431 2018Q4: holders=382 2019Q1: holders=400 2019Q2: holders=393 2019Q3: holders=382 2019Q4: holders=381 2020Q1: holders=343 2020Q2: holders=332 2020Q3: holders=325 2020Q4: holders=337 2021Q1: holders=339 2021Q2: holders=357 2021Q3: holders=341 2021Q4: holders=399 2022Q1: holders=388 2022Q2: holders=350 2022Q3: holders=358 2022Q4: holders=388 2023Q1: holders=408 2023Q2: holders=406 2023Q3: holders=394 2023Q4: holders=429 2024Q1: holders=468 2024Q2: holders=477 2024Q3: holders=470 2024Q4: holders=539 2025Q1: holders=535 2025Q2: holders=547 2025Q3: holders=567 2025Q4: holders=613 2026Q1: holders=577 2026Q2: holders=619 -69 -34.5 +0 +34.5 +69 198424650 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 20 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10%
2025Q4 Top 20% -10.5%
2025Q3 Top 20% -8.8% -18.4%
2024Q4 Top 10% -16.9% -2.8%
2024Q1 Top 10% -7.4% +25.7%
2023Q4 Top 20% +8.1% +0.1%
2023Q1 Top 10% -0.3% +14.4%
2022Q4 Top 20% -16.8% -18.2%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
245
Change in large funds
+15
Total value they hold
$11.4B
Funds buying for the first time
112
Funds that sold out entirely
70
Price change that quarter
+17.1%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
7
Funds holding calls (bullish)
8

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
21.9
EPS (TTM)
$15.08
EPS YoY
+18.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.6B
Revenue YoY
+10.5%
Net margin
10.3%
ROE
16.6%
Debt ratio
38.5%
FCF (TTM)
$639M
Dividend (TTM)
$0.74
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-08-31: EPS 3.42 2022-11-30: EPS 2.29 2023-02-28: EPS 2.57 2023-05-31: EPS 3.28 2023-08-31: EPS 2.62 2023-11-30: EPS 3.21 2024-02-29: EPS 2.84 2024-05-31: EPS 3.62 2024-08-31: EPS 3.77 2024-11-30: EPS 3.35 2025-02-28: EPS 2.45 2025-05-31: EPS 3.12 2025-08-31: EPS 3.61 2025-11-30: EPS 3.82 2026-02-28: EPS 3.09 2026-05-31: EPS 4.56 0B 0.6B 1.2B $B 0.00 2.51 5.02 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202605/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 21 13 21 30 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K137M274M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $274M (2026-05-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-05-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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