Analysts Set Expectations for ACCO Brands Q1 Earnings

ACCO Brands Co. (NYSE:ACCO) – Stock analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of ACCO Brands in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of ($0.04) for the quarter. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $7.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for ACCO Brands’ current full-year earnings is $1.02 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for ACCO Brands’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.43 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.08 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com cut ACCO Brands from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday.

ACCO Brands Price Performance

ACCO opened at $4.55 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $422.14 million, a P/E ratio of -4.29, a P/E/G ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 1.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.60. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $5.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $5.37. ACCO Brands has a 52-week low of $4.30 and a 52-week high of $6.43.

ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The industrial products company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $448.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $455.06 million. ACCO Brands had a positive return on equity of 14.96% and a negative net margin of 6.10%.

Institutional Trading of ACCO Brands

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of ACCO Brands by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,166,912 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $11,855,000 after buying an additional 53,490 shares during the period. Foundry Partners LLC increased its holdings in ACCO Brands by 15.7% in the third quarter. Foundry Partners LLC now owns 765,851 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,189,000 after buying an additional 104,160 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in ACCO Brands by 285.3% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 148,302 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $810,000 after purchasing an additional 109,813 shares in the last quarter. Capital Management Corp VA boosted its position in shares of ACCO Brands by 14.3% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Management Corp VA now owns 3,526,095 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $19,288,000 after purchasing an additional 439,810 shares during the period. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC grew its position in ACCO Brands by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 72,042 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $394,000 after purchasing an additional 12,508 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.56% of the company’s stock.

ACCO Brands Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.075 per share. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. ACCO Brands’s dividend payout ratio is currently -28.30%.

About ACCO Brands

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. The company provides computer and gaming accessories, planners, dry erase boards, school notebooks, and janitorial supplies; storage and organization products, such as lever-arch binders, sheet protectors, and indexes; sheet protectors and indexes; laminating, binding, and shredding machines; writing instruments and art products; stapling and punching products; and do-it-yourself tools.