Benzinga | Mar 31, 2021 08:21AM EDT

Acuity Brands Q2 Adj. EPS $2.12 Beats $1.73 Estimate, Sales $776.60M Miss $776.99M Estimate

Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) reported quarterly earnings of $2.12 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.73 by 22.54 percent. This is a 15.22 percent increase over earnings of $1.84 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $776.60 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $776.99 million by 0.05 percent. This is a 5.78 percent decrease over sales of $824.20 million the same period last year.