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Employees: 4,700
Size ACCO Brands (ACCO) is a United States Industrials company (Office Equipment/Supplies) with a market value of $467M, the 2746th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $5.06 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 25.2%, against -12.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 18 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 6.9% (peer median 6.4%).
Valuation It trades at 5.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.6× (cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -2%, so the hurdle is +1 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
Credit ACCO Brands has 1 bond outstanding ($575M), rated B by the agencies and trading like BB- at a weighted spread of 207 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 7.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.57B | $1.52B | $1.67B | $1.83B | $1.95B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | -9% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | $477M | $455M | $509M | $552M | $497M |
| EBITDA | $175M | $181M | $217M | $235M | $200M |
| Net income | $66.3M | $41.3M | -$102M | -$21.8M | -$13.2M |
| Free cash flow | $114M | $50.8M | $132M | $115M | $61.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $16.2M | $17.9M | $15.9M | $13.8M | $16.5M |
| Total debt | $949M | $921M | $923M | $1.02B | $1.09B |
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| Measure | ACCO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +13.4% | -1.6% | 2nd highest of 18 |
| 6-month return | +25.2% | -12.8% | 5th highest of 18 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -13.4% | -25.4% | 4th highest of 18 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +6.5% | 6th lowest of 18 |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 6.4% | 9th highest of 18 |
| Forward P/E | 5.5× | 14.6× | cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -0.9% | -2.1% | 9th least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.6% | +7.5% | 3rd lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.7 pp | -3.2 pp | 5th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.3 pp | +2.8 pp | 6th lowest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.1× | 9.3× | 3rd cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.4× | 0.6× | 3rd most indebted of 12 |
| Bond spread | 207 bp | n/a | — |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCO Brands ACCO | United States | $467M | +25% | +2% | 7% | 5.5× | -0.9% | -1.6% |
| Guangbo Group Stock 002103.SZ | China | $507M | -19% | +4% | 5% | 20.8× | 7.0% | +1.1% |
| F.I.L.A. - Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini FILA.MI | Italy | $509M | +1% | +1% | 11% | 9.8× | -4.3% | -1.2% |
| West Coast Paper Mills WSTCSTPAPR.NS | India | $516M | +42% | +8% | 6% | 13.0× | 28.8% | +13.8% |
| Henglin Home Furnishings 603661.SS | China | $543M | -13% | +13% | 4% | 12.7× | -11.5% | +19.8% |
| Loctek Ergonomic Technology 300729.SZ | China | $552M | -13% | +6% | 6% | 22.4× | -9.4% | +28.2% |
| UE Furniture 603600.SS | China | $579M | -1% | +13% | 6% | 12.5× | -7.9% | +7.3% |
| Jinbei Automotive 600609.SS | China | $618M | -21% | +4% | 7% | n/a | -5.4% | -3.6% |
| Zhejiang Dafeng Industry 603081.SS | China | $679M | -14% | +18% | 0% | 27.5× | -4.3% | -1.0% |
| Horizon Fixture 6957.TW | Taiwan | $712M | +162% | +15% | 18% | 20.3× | 8.6% | +9.6% |
| Shenzhen Comix 002301.SZ | China | $717M | -1% | +13% | 1% | 32.5× | -0.5% | +8.4% |
| Navneet Education NAVNETEDUL.NS | India | $303M | -13% | -4% | 10% | 16.8× | 19.3% | +16.0% |
| ITOKI 7972.T | Japan | $784M | -26% | +10% | 9% | 10.3× | 1.7% | +5.7% |
| DOMS Industries DOMS.NS | India | $1.32B | -13% | +18% | 11% | 56.1× | n/a | n/a |
| MCC Meili Cloud Computing Industry Investment 000815.SZ | China | $1.41B | -29% | -25% | 10% | n/a | 51.4% | -21.7% |
| MillerKnoll MLKN | United States | $1.48B | +32% | +1% | 6% | 11.2× | 7.3% | +9.3% |
| PILOT 7846.T | Japan | $1.62B | +33% | +7% | 14% | 14.6× | -3.8% | +7.7% |
| Konica Minolta 4902.T | Japan | $1.79B | +14% | 0% | 5% | 9.7× | -5.6% | +4.7% |
ACCO Brands has 1 bond outstanding with $575M face value. The agencies rate it B; its bonds trade like BB-. Weighted yield 6.57%, a spread of 207 bp over government bonds.