Acuity Inc’s recently made public that its SVP & General Counsel GOLDMAN BARRY R unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.23 million on Jul 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $298.30 per share,4,125 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, GOLDMAN BARRY R now holds 6,638 shares worth roughly $2.23 million.
Then, HOLCOM KAREN J sold 6,000 shares, generating $1,806,240 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $301.04, the SVP & Chief Financial Officer now owns 18,696 shares.
Before that, GOLDMAN BARRY R bought 4,125 shares. Acuity Inc shares valued at $1,230,507 were divested by the Officer at a price of $298.30 per share.
Wells Fargo upgraded its Acuity Inc [AYI] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid January from “an Equal-weight” to “an Overweight”. Morgan Stanley began covering AYI with “an Equal-weight” recommendation on January 06, 2025. William Blair revised its rating on January 02, 2025. It rated AYI as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of AYI
On Friday, Acuity Inc [NYSE:AYI] saw its stock fall -2.27% to $336.69. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.19%. Acuity Inc shares have risen nearly 27.09% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 15.25% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Acuity Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Acuity Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by 92349.0 shares to a total of 0.6 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 0.69 million shares. There was a decline of -15.4%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.