Acuity slips after Q4 results
BUZZ-Acuity slips after Q4 results ** Shares of industrial tech firm Acuity AYI.N fall 1.7% to $304.45 in premarket trading
** Co posts Q4 adj EPS of $5.77 vs analysts' estimates of $5.56; net sales of $1.24 bln is in line with estimates - data compiled by LSEG
** Acuity Brands Lighting segment saw Q4 net sales fall 0.4% and adjusted operating profit drop 7.1% compared with prior yr
** Four of eight brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, four "hold"; their median PT is $383.44 - LSEG-compiled data
** Up to last day's close, shares down about 14% YTD
(Reporting by Sudeshna Ghoshal in Bengaluru)