Acuity Brands, Inc. · AYI · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$334.55 +0.24% on the day, +$0.80
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Yearly payout / yield
$0.80·0.24%
$0.20 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.20/qtr
pays ~Jan 18, 2027 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Jan 15, 2027est.
own by Jan 14, 2027 ⓘ
Years without a cut
17 yrs
2 yrs of raises ⓘ
Recession record
2008held2020held2022raised
no cut through all three ⓘ
Yield vs history ⓘ
38
Below its usual yield
AYI share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
AYI Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +17.6%3Y +15.4%5Y +9.0%10Y +4.4%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 101 payments since 2002.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: +13.33% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. From 2029 it slows by a quarter each year. Today's $0.80 a year would be $1.28 by 2031 - 0.38% on today's $334.55 price.

How Many AYI Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $0.80 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 7,500 AYI shares, about $2,509,125 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $334.55. $1,000 a month takes about 15,000 shares, about $5,018,250. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Acuity Brands (AYI) pays $0.20 a share quarterly, $0.80 a year, a 0.24% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $334.55. It has paid since 2002 and raised its annual dividend 2 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.20 quarterly and the last close of $334.55, this is what AYI pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.20$0.07$0.80
100 shares$20.00$6.67$80.00
$10,000 invested (29.9 shares)$5.98$1.99$23.91
7,500 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.00$500.00$6,000.00
15,000 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.00$1,000.00$12,000.00

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 AYI shares reinvest into 0.06 new shares each payment, about 0.2 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 1,673 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with AYI’s own history in the AYI DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

AYI Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

38/100Below its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • AYI yields 0.24% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $334.55.
  • Its own 10-year median is 0.30%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: a 0.24% yield is too small to say much about the price. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.18% low0.35% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is AYI’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

AYI has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 15, 2027, with the cash around Jan 18, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.20 a share, went ex on Oct 16, 2026 and paid Oct 19, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Jan 14, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does AYI Pay?

AYI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.80 a share, in 4 payments.
+17.6% against the 12 months before ($0.68 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. Ex-dates fall in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 2 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Feb 2, 2026 - $0.17 to $0.20 (+$0.03, +17.65%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.02 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 4.7% - $0.80 paid / $17.10 EPS (4 quarters to Aug 31, 2026); own 4-yr norm 4.6% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: 3.3% - $0.80 paid / $24.37 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Aug 31, 2026); own 4-yr norm 3.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

AYI vs Similar Dividend Stocks (DCI, TTEK...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Industrials companies closest to AYI in market value, AYI’s 0.24% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 1.37%, and its raise streak of 2 years is the 6th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
AYI $334.55Acuity Brands $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 0.24% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in all 32008 held2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 17 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row
DCI $87.03Donaldson Company $0.32/qtr$1.28/yr fwd 1.47% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 38+ yrsraised 30 yrs in a row
TTEK $39.43Tetra Tech $0.072/qtr$0.29/yr fwd 0.73% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 1 yrno raise streak
KNX $62.39Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 1.28% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 32008 raised2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000 record 8 yrsraised 6 yrs in a row
TTC $106.84Toro $0.39/qtr$1.56/yr fwd 1.46% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in all 42000 held2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 38+ yrsraised 22 yrs in a row
BAH $86.45Booz Allen Hamilton Holding $0.59/qtr$2.36/yr fwd 2.73% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 13+ yrsraised 10 yrs in a row
FRO $46.77Frontline $0.19/qtr$0.76/yr fwd 1.62% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 1 yrno raise streak
DRS $35.66Leonardo DRS $0.09/qtr$0.36/yr fwd 1.01% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — —no raise streak
NGKIF $37.09NGK Insulators $0.337/half-yr$0.67/yr fwd 1.82% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 11 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
WMS $123.52Advanced Drainage Systems $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 0.65% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 10+ yrsraised 10 yrs in a row
KWHIY $5.01Kawasaki Heavy Industries $0.0034/half-yr$0.01/yr fwd 0.13% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 5+ yrsno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: AYI vs DCI, AYI vs TTEK, AYI vs KNX.

AYI Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2002

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 16, 2026Oct 19, 2026$0.20QuarterlyRegular
Jul 17, 2026Jul 20, 2026$0.20QuarterlyRegular
Apr 17, 2026Apr 20, 2026$0.20QuarterlyRegular
Feb 2, 2026Feb 4, 2026$0.20QuarterlyRegular
Oct 17, 2025Oct 20, 2025$0.17QuarterlyRegular
Jul 18, 2025Jul 21, 2025$0.17QuarterlyRegular
Apr 17, 2025Apr 21, 2025$0.17QuarterlyRegular
Feb 3, 2025Feb 5, 2025$0.17QuarterlyRegular
Oct 18, 2024Oct 21, 2024$0.15QuarterlyRegular
Jul 18, 2024Jul 22, 2024$0.15QuarterlyRegular
The other 91 AYI payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 101 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for AYI

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AYI Dividend Questions

How often does AYI pay dividends?

AYI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Feb, Apr, Jul and Oct. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does AYI pay dividends monthly?

No. AYI pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next AYI dividend?

AYI has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Jan 15, 2027, with the cash around Jan 18, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.20 a share, went ex on Oct 16, 2026 and paid Oct 19, 2026. The current rate is $0.20 per share, $0.80 a year.

Does AYI pay a dividend in January 2027?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Jan 15, 2027, with the cash around Jan 18, 2027, so a payment in January 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does AYI pay per share?

AYI pays $0.20 a share quarterly, $0.80 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $334.55 that is a 0.24% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 0.30%.

Has AYI raised its dividend?

Yes. AYI has raised its annual dividend 2 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Feb 2, 2026, took the rate from $0.17 to $0.20 (+17.65%). Over five years the dividend grew 9.0% a year.

Is AYI’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. AYI paid out 5% of its earnings and 3% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Aug 31, 2026. It has raised its dividend 2 years in a row and gone 17 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2022 crash; it held it through 2008 and 2020. There is no 2000 record on file. This is data, not investment advice. The full 13-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my AYI dividends?

Add AYI to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run AYI in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 12, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 13 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.