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ACCO Brands Corporation ACCO
$4.30 +1.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $396.7M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 107 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.62, up 31.0% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth28Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Quality24Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 41%
- Gross marginTop 43%
- Operating marginBottom 47%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
Value98Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 17%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Momentum78Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnTop 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Revisions64Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 39%
Stability38Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -4.5% | -0.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 31.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 6.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 3.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.6% | -4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.0% | — | Top 27% | |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 31.5% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 6.2% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 2.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.3% | 6.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.8% | — | Bottom 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.8% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.20×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.68×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.88%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +36.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $6.00
- Target vs current price
- +39.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +8.7% | -2.3% | +0.7% | -3.2% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +140.0% | -0.9% | +24.4% | +25.0% | +27.5% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | +0.0% | -6.1% | -13.6% | -26.1% | -0.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -4.5% | +0.0% | -4.6% | -12.3% | +0.3% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -3.4% | -0.8% | -4.8% | +5.0% | +7.9% |
| May 1, 2025 | +50.0% | +0.0% | -8.0% | -7.0% | +3.6% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | -2.5% | -0.7% | -18.2% | -18.0% | -29.9% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +0.0% | -1.4% | +21.9% | +16.9% | +6.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.27 | +8.7% | $415.1M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.02 | -$0.05 | +140.0% | $343.7M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.38 | +0.0% | $428.8M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.22 | -4.5% | $383.7M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.29 | -3.4% | $394.8M |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.04 | +50.0% | $317.4M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.40 | -2.5% | $448.1M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.23 | $0.23 | +0.0% | $420.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.9× | 8.2× | 33th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 4.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.7× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.83× | — | — | Top 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 13.21% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | 14.49% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.0× – 28.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +5.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +31.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -6.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 107
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.7%
- RSI (14)
- 52.8
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 9th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.45
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2021 | Apr 7, 2026 | -70.8% | 1150 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -21.1% | 12 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| May 13, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -19.0% | 45 days | 33 days (Sep 2, 2021) |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -15.3% | 30 days | 35 days (May 13, 2021) |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -10.3% | 28 days | 6 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $396.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.62
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.57B
- Dividend yield
- 6.98%
- 52-week range
- $2.81 – $4.56
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.03B | $1.95B | $1.83B | $1.67B | $1.52B |
| Gross profit | $614.9M | $552.3M | $598.3M | $555.4M | $454.9M |
| Operating income | $151.0M | $34.8M | $44.7M | -$37.0M | $108.2M |
| Net income | $101.9M | -$13.2M | -$21.8M | -$101.6M | $41.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.05 | -$0.14 | -$0.23 | -$1.06 | $0.44 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $420.9M | $448.1M | $317.4M | $394.8M | $383.7M | $428.8M | $343.7M | $415.1M |
| Net income | $9.3M | $20.6M | -$13.2M | $29.2M | $4.0M | $21.3M | $19.4M | $14.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.10 | $0.21 | -$0.14 | $0.31 | $0.04 | $0.23 | $0.20 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $159.6M | $77.6M | $128.7M | $148.2M | $68.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.2M | -$16.5M | -$13.8M | -$15.9M | -$17.9M |
| Free cash flow | $138.4M | $61.1M | $114.9M | $132.3M | $50.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$25.8M | -$28.6M | -$28.5M | -$28.4M | -$27.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$19.4M | -$1.7M | -$15.0M | -$15.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $106.4M
- Total assets
- $2.32B
- Total liabilities
- $1.63B
- Total debt
- $1.01B
- Net debt
- $900.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $691.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.08 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.08 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.08 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.08 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.08 | Dec 11, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,882,920
- Days to cover
- 10.23
- Change vs previous report
- +9.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 1, 1989
- 3-for-2
- Jun 7, 1988
- 3-for-2
- Sep 25, 1987
- 3-for-2