LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS)

LED lighting and store display maker. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed September 3, 2026. Ranked 108 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states approximately 3,000 full-time and part-time employees at June 30, 2026 beside 175 agency employees, with Display Solutions 57% and Lighting 43% of revenue, so the lighting fixtures lead at electric lighting equipment and the display business is split among fixtures, refrigerated cases and printed graphics by description.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 30% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 37% at the end of 2028, 37% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 37% desk work, 16% people work and 47% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 62% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 29% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

3,000 employees as of June 30, 2026 (stated). Not stated; the excerpt gives no count by country.

The filing: “We have approximately 3,000 full-time and part-time employees and approximately 175 agency employees as of June 30, 2026.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 3,000 full-time and part-time employees and approximately 175 agency employees at June 30, 2026, up from 2,000 a year earlier; a 401(k) plan and medical and dental insurance for employees.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI, 13,800 employees)33% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

5 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: issues in the development and use of artificial intelligence with an uncertain regulatory environment may bring reputational harm or liability, and the vendors whose offerings incorporate AI tools may not meet privacy and data protection standards.

• “Artificial intelligence presents risks and challenges that can impact our business Issues in the development and use of artificial intelligence, combined with an uncertain regulatory environment, may result in reputational harm, liability or other adverse consequences to our business operations.”
• “As with many technological innovations, artificial intelligence presents risks and challenges that could impact our business.”
• “We work with vendors that incorporate artificial intelligence tools into their offerings and the providers of these artificial intelligence tools may not meet existing or rapidly evolving regulatory or industry standards with respect to privacy and data protection and may inhibit our or our vendors' ability to maintain an adequate level of service and experience.”
• “If we, our vendors, or our third-party partners experience an actual or perceived breach or privacy or security incident because of the use of generative artificial intelligence, we may lose valuable intellectual property and confidential information and our reputation and the public perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed.”
• “Further, bad actors around the world use increasingly sophisticated methods, including the use of artificial intelligence, to engage in illegal activities involving the theft and misuse of personal information, confidential information and intellectual property.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20250median 10
• Fiscal 20265

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• About 175 agency employees are stated apart and not counted (rule 8).
• The filing counts nothing by segment or product line, so the split among lighting, fixtures, refrigerated displays and graphics is by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001437749-26-029621, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.