PAA Research surveys lighting agents across the country on a semi-annual basis. The latest survey was conducted in the first two weeks of December. 17 lighting agents responded to our...
READ MORE >Heading into 2023, we thought the broader industrial complex would be fertile ground for short ideas, particular those companies that generated meaningful revenue, earnings, and cash flow growth through...
READ MORE >Is anyone else tired of hearing the phrase “product vitality” from this management team? There were 10 references to “product vitality” during AYI’s 1Q23 earnings conference call, which means if you were...
READ MORE >Attached is a report outlining feedback from lighting agents across the United States. It appears the lighting industry is headed towards a significant slowdown and the pricing gains that have driven growth for the past 18-24 months are fading...
READ MORE >We imagine that many AYI bulls are highly disappointed with the stock price action in response to what appeared to be on the surface a “blowout” quarter for the company. However, upon further review, perhaps the quarter wasn’t as strong...
READ MORE >“So some of the backlog will have different impacts of the price increase. So we had our first price increase announced in March, which was impacting late in the fourth quarter, very, very little, and we saw some of that realization...
READ MORE >“Given our current gross profit margin improvement, we think that we can achieve the gross profit of above 42% for the balance of the fiscal year.” Karen Holcom, Senior VP and CFO, Acuity Brands, Inc. 3/31/21. 2Q21 Earnings Conf. Call For...
READ MORE >“The recent revenue trends, however, will not fix themselves. There has been industry deflation. We have additional...
READ MORE >This note represents the first of what will be a series of reports that we will publish in the coming weeks backed by surveys across a variety of industries. While there are many...
READ MORE >Below is a link to a report outlining the findings from our 4Q19 survey of lighting agents. There are five critical conclusions that we want to point out: The efficacy of the 2H18 and early 2019 list price increases has eroded meaningfully The...
READ MORE >Attached please find a slide deck outlining the feedback from our latest survey of lighting agents.
READ MORE >Well, let’s chalk today’s price action to yet another example of the difficulties of predicting near term gyrations in any given stock. Even with PERFECT information, we would not have predicted that AYI shares would rally 9%...
READ MORE >As a firm, we pride ourselves on the rigors of our idea generation process. Rigorous fundamental analysis, in-depth primary research, accounting scrutiny etc. are all hallmarks of our investment process. However, despite the intensity of our work on any...
READ MORE >Acuity Brands has been our favorite long idea in the industrials complex over the past year. As a pure-play lighting equipment manufacturer with a growing portfolio of LED products and lighting...
READ MORE >Acuity Brands will report 4Q10 earnings on Wednesday, October 6th before the market opens. Based on our checks with approximately 35-40 lighting agents across the country we anticipate the company is poised to...
READ MORE >AYI will report 3Q10 results before the market opens tomorrow. We expect the company to deliver inline revenues, but once again top consensus estimates due to better than expected gross margins. ...
READ MORE >Approximately four months ago we introduced a pair trade: long AYI/short HUBB based on our view that AYI shares were poised for mean reversion in stock price performance relative to those of HUBB and...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 1/4/10.A few weeks ago we introduced a pair-trade: long AYI/short HUBBbased on our expectation that AYI shares were poised to witness absolute and relative upside following an...
READ MORE >This report was originally published on 12/3/09.We have been long-time admirers of the business models of the leading electrical product manufacturers including: Cooper Industries, Thomas and Betts, Hubbell...
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