Acuity Inc. (de) dividend history

Acuity Inc. (de)'s dividend was $0.770 a share in fiscal 2026, up 16.7% on the year before. That was 4.5% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2023.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $287M
Dividends (TTM): $23.8M
Returned to shareholders: 42%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $494M
Diluted share count: −1.5%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.1%; dividends 0.2% + buybacks 2.8% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 5%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 34.8%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 50 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Acuity Inc. (de): dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2010Aug 2010	2011Aug 2011	2012Aug 2012	2013Aug 2013	2014Aug 2014	2015Aug 2015	2016Aug 2016	2017Aug 2017	2018Aug 2018	2019Aug 2019	2020Aug 2020	2021Aug 2021	2022Aug 2022	2023Aug 2023	2024Aug 2024	2025Aug 2025	2026Aug 2026
Dividend per share	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.520	$0.580	$0.660	$0.770
Dividend per share growth	—	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	+11.5%	+13.8%	+16.7%
Dividends paid	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	19	18	17	18	21	24
Share buybacks	36	61	9	0	0	0	0	358	298	82	69	435	515	267	89	119	287
Dividends ÷ net income	28.4%	21.4%	18.9%	17.6%	12.8%	10.2%	7.9%	7.1%	6.1%	6.3%	8.4%	6.2%	4.7%	4.9%	4.3%	5.2%	4.5%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	16.3%	16.4%	15.6%	24.4%	11.4%	9.8%	7.5%	8.4%	7.0%	4.7%	4.6%	5.2%	7.0%	3.3%	3.3%	3.9%	3.2%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Acuity Inc. (de)'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 24, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Acuity Inc. (de).