Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026
Basics
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Business Equipment & Supplies
Country
United States
Market cap
479.1M USD
Enterprise value
1.2B USD
Full-time employees
4,700
Overall health
Strength:its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings
Drawback:less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback:growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback:higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.18 vs a peer median of 0.64) and more debt relative to equity (1.35× vs a peer median of 0.40×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.18 vs peers 0.64) and more debt vs equity (1.35× vs peers 0.40×)
Ranks #1,571 of 2,308 industrials companies (bottom 32%)
Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $38M vs $30M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to 2025. Shares outstanding changed −2.1% from December 2022 to July 2026.
Over three fiscal years Acco Brands recorded $38M of stock-based pay expense and spent $30M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Acco Brands recorded $38M of stock-based pay expense and spent $30M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.
Annual revenue fell three years running. Fiscal-year revenue down each year from 2022 to 2025.
Acco Brands's fiscal-year revenue declined in each of the three years to 2025.
StockQuotient Score
42/ 100▼ 1 since Oct 27 closeOct 5 44 → Nov 4 42 (-2)
Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.
Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 89 → 85
Share price +15.8%-5
Company's reported figures updated+2
Peer companies moved-1
Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.
Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.
Questions investors ask about Acco Brands
Is Acco Brands getting weaker?
Its latest SEC filing (Jul 31, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 42/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Acco Brands valued vs its peers?
Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 85/100 against 2,459 industrials peers.Earnings yield 12.3% vs a peer median of 3.8% (stronger than 93% of peers).Earnings yield 12.3% vs peers 3.8% (stronger than 93% of peers).
Is Acco Brands growing?
More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 33/100 against 2,459 industrials peers.Earnings per share growth 25.1% vs a peer median of 7.1% (stronger than 71% of peers).Earnings per share growth 25.1% vs peers 7.1% (stronger than 71% of peers).3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 85% of peers).3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 85% of peers).
How profitable is Acco Brands?
Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 34/100 against 2,459 industrials peers.Return on invested capital 4.5% vs a peer median of 7.1% (weaker than 64% of peers).Return on invested capital 4.5% vs peers 7.1% (weaker than 64% of peers).
How risky is Acco Brands?
Higher risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings.Current ratio 1.97× vs a peer median of 1.62× (stronger than 64% of peers).Current ratio 1.97× vs peers 1.62× (stronger than 64% of peers).Debt / equity 1.35× vs a peer median of 0.40× (weaker than 85% of peers).Debt / equity 1.35× vs peers 0.40× (weaker than 85% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.
Latest filing: what changed
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Jul 31, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026
No major changes
Previous quarter
Latest quarter
Change
Revenue (12 months)
1.6B USD
1.6B USD
+1.3%
Net income (12 months)
73.9M USD
58.8M USD
−20.4%
Operating margin
5.7%
5.5%
−0.2 pts
Debt
901.0M USD
933.8M USD
+3.6%
Cash
118.9M USD
106.4M USD
−10.5%
Shares outstanding
92.3M
92.3M
+0.1%
From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.
Industry valuation context
Sector: Industrials · 318 companies
Valuations in Industrials are near the top of their range since 2016.
85% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
41% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +20% and earnings +14% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −24% vs the whole market, against a usual −31%.
2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026
Acco Brands looks cheaper than most of its peers on our valuation measures, while the Industrials sector as a whole is valued high by its own standards since 2016. Both can be true at once.
Shown for Industrials: too few Business Equipment & Supplies companies have a long enough history of their own.
Describes valuations since 2016; it does not predict prices. US companies worth $1B+, from SEC filings and month-end prices, as of Aug 2026. Today's companies and industry labels are used throughout. Measured on earnings, EBITDA, sales and free cash flow yields. How this works
Financials
Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year
Key ratios
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
FY 2024
FY 2025
Change
Gross margin
30.4%
28.4%
32.6%
33.3%
32.8%
▼ 0.5 pts
Operating margin
7.5%
1.8%
2.4%
-2.2%
6.1%
▲ 8.3 pts
Net margin
5.0%
-0.7%
-1.2%
-6.1%
2.7%
▲ 8.8 pts
Return on assets (ROA)
3.3%
-0.5%
-0.8%
-4.6%
1.8%
▲ 6.4 pts
Return on equity (ROE)
11.8%
-1.6%
-2.8%
-16.8%
6.2%
▲ 23 pts
Free cash flow margin
6.8%
3.1%
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Current ratio
1.31×
1.50×
1.58×
1.49×
1.61×
▲ 8.1%
Quick ratio
0.70×
0.83×
0.97×
0.94×
0.99×
▲ 5.4%
Debt to equity
1.16×
1.24×
1.18×
1.39×
1.27×
▼ 8.7%
Interest coverage
3.26×
0.76×
0.76×
-0.70×
2.02×
▲ 386%
ACCO price history
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