Acuity Brands

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Acuity Brands, Inc. is a lighting and building management firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA., with operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. It currently has about 13,000 employees and recorded net sales of $3.7 billion for fiscal year 2018. In terms of market share, Acuity Brands is the largest lighting manufacturer in North America.

Acuity Brands has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 3.44% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (3.06%).