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Canaccord Genuity LED and Lighting Monthly: A Light Read; Acuity Brands (AYI) Sales Should Accelerate

December 13, 2011 4:19 PM EST
AYI Hot Sheet
Rating Summary:
    4 Buy, 9 Hold, 2 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 19 | Down: 16 | New: 82
Canaccord Genuity LED and Lighting Monthly: A Light Read

Analyst, Jonathan Dorsheimer, said, "...the silver lining to the difficult environment is that LED pricing is falling faster than predicted given the current oversupply. These trends should accelerate solid state lighting, and we are already beginning to see the early signs of this acceleration. A core holding to gain exposure to this secular trend in our opinion is Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) (BUY-rated)."

"We believe that LEDs will help accelerate Acuity’s traditional sales over time while growing to become accretive to the business model. As such, we see the potential for $3.50 to $4.00 in earnings power per share in 2013/2014 as the secular trend starts to manifest. We remain aggressive buyers on pullbacks..."


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