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    The Bull Case For Acuity (AYI) Could Change Following CEO Ashe’s Edison Honor And QSC Deal Reshaping Its Intelligent Spaces Strategy - Learn Why

    Simply Wall St·12/21/2025 15:11:50
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    • Acuity Brands recently drew fresh attention after Chairman, President and CEO Neil Ashe was named EdisonReport’s 2025 Person of the Year, recognizing his role in shifting the company from a traditional lighting provider toward intelligent spaces and advanced building systems.
    • This recognition, together with the earlier acquisition of QSC to bolster built space management and cloud connectivity, underscores how Acuity is repositioning itself at the center of connected, data-rich building infrastructure.
    • We’ll now examine how the QSC acquisition’s boost to intelligent spaces and cloud connectivity could reshape Acuity’s broader investment narrative.

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    Acuity Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Acuity Brands, you have to believe its evolution from a lighting manufacturer into an industrial tech player for intelligent, connected spaces can support sustained growth and margins. Neil Ashe’s Person of the Year recognition reinforces confidence in that pivot, but it does little to change the near term focus on execution in Acuity Intelligent Spaces as the key catalyst and on integrating QSC successfully as a major current risk.

    The QSC acquisition is the clearest link to this latest recognition, because it extends Acuity’s reach into built space management and cloud connectivity at the heart of its intelligent spaces story. If QSC is integrated smoothly and its capabilities scaled across Acuity’s broader portfolio, that could support the case for higher quality growth, but any missteps in realizing expected synergies could weigh on operating margins and temper the bullish narrative.

    But investors also need to be aware that integration risk around QSC could...

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    Acuity's narrative projects $5.3 billion revenue and $626.7 million earnings by 2028.

    Uncover how Acuity's forecasts yield a $399.25 fair value, a 10% upside to its current price.

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    Two fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$357 to US$399 per share, underscoring how far apart individual views can be. Set against this, the QSC integration risk looms large for anyone thinking about how execution might influence Acuity’s future earnings power and market positioning.

    Explore 2 other fair value estimates on Acuity - why the stock might be worth as much as 10% more than the current price!

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    • A great starting point for your Acuity research is our analysis highlighting 2 key rewards and 1 important warning sign that could impact your investment decision.
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