profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
ACCO Brands
$5.31-0.75% today
+52.6% in 1 year
1-year low $2.841-year high $5.51
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.87 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What ACCO Brands sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.95 billion in 2022 to $1.52 billion in 2025, with $41.3 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
ACCO Brands handed back 83% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $15M$27M
Free cash flow 2025$51M
Bought back its own shares$15M
Paid as dividends$27M
Cash vs. debt$64M vs. $921M
ACCO Brands vs. similar companies
ACCO Brands grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCO Brands | 11.9× · Cheap | ||
 Avery Dennison | 20.6× · Fair price | ||
 Brother Industries | 16.6× · Fair price | ||
 Ricoh | 21.0× · Fair price | ||
 Canon Marketing Japan | 20.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads ACCO Brands's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,948 | 1,833 | 1,666 | 1,525 | |
| 552 | 598 | 555 | 500 | |
| 134 | 161 | 145 | 107 | |
| 140 | 122 | 38 | 168 | |
| -13 | -22 | -102 | 41 | |
| -0.14 | -0.23 | -1.06 | 0.44 | |
| 28.4% | 32.6% | 33.3% | 32.8% | |
| 6.9% | 8.8% | 8.7% | 7.0% | |
| -0.7% | -1.2% | -6.1% | 2.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,795 | 2,645 | 2,228 | 2,253 |
| Cash | 62 | 66 | 74 | 64 |
| Total debt | 1,093 | 1,016 | 923 | 921 |
| Total liabilities | 1,985 | 1,858 | 1,622 | 1,588 |
| 810 | 787 | 606 | 665 | |
| 95 | 95 | 96 | 94 | |
| 2.5% | 2.0% | -1.8% | 4.7% | |
| -1.6% | -2.8% | -16.8% | 6.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 129 | 148 | 69 | |
| 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | |
| 61 | 115 | 132 | 51 | |
| Dividends paid | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| 19 | 0 | 15 | 15 | |
| 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
Valuation
- 11.9×
- 6.2×
- –
- 0.5×
- 0.3×
- 9.7×
- 8.0×
- 10.4%
- 8.4%
- 7.7%
Profitability
- 32.8%
- 7.0%
- 2.7%
- 11.3%
- 5.0%
- -0.2%
- 11.3%
- 3.2%
- 5.7%
- –
Growth
- −7.8%
- –
- −61.6%
- +2.9%
- −0.9%
Financial health
- 0.1×
- 0.19
- 5.7%
- 2.3×
- 1.77
- 0.98
- 0.68
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 26%of 982
Bottom 40%of 991
Top 15%of 875
Bottom 5%of 988
Top 14%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $8.00
- Range
- $8.00 – $8.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.02 | -0.05 | +140.0% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 0.38 | 0.38 | +0.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 0.21 | 0.22 | −4.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.29 | −3.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | -0.02 | -0.04 | +50.0% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.39 | 0.40 | −2.5% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.23 | 0.23 | +0.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.37 | 0.31 | +19.4% |
7.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$77a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.24 in 2018 → $0.30 in 2025
How safe it looks
65.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 53.1%
News
Acco Brands expects 4%-6% 2026 sales growth as it raises adjusted EPS to $0.98-$1.02 following Trust acquisitionSeeking Alpha · Oct 30, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
72Pass
Philip Fisher
49No pass
Peter Lynch
36No pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
42No pass
Questions about ACCO Brands
Is ACCO Brands a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the ACCO Brands AI analysis
What does ACCO Brands do?
ACCO Brands Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets consumer, school, technology, and office products. It operates through three segments: ACCO Brands North America, ACCO Brands EMEA, and ACCO Brands International. It is in Business Equipment & Supplies.
Does ACCO Brands pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.7% a year, about 65% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $27.0 million in dividends.
Is ACCO Brands stock halal?
No. ACCO Brands does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 188% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has ACCO Brands stock done over the past year?
Up 52.6% over the past twelve months, to $5.31. It traded between $2.84 and $5.51 and is 3.6% below its high.
Who are ACCO Brands's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Avery Dennison, Brother Industries, Ricoh and Canon Marketing Japan. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with ACCO Brands's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.