ACCO Brands (ACCO) Competitors

ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) and Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Does the media prefer ACCO or SCS?

In the previous week, Steelcase had 1 more articles in the media than ACCO Brands. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Steelcase and 4 mentions for ACCO Brands. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat ACCO Brands' score of 0.77 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ACCO Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steelcase	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.31%. Steelcase has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.16%. Given ACCO Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than Steelcase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACCO Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Steelcase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ACCO or SCS?

Steelcase has higher revenue and earnings than ACCO Brands. ACCO Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steelcase, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ACCO Brands	$1.62B	0.20	-$101.60M	-$1.13	-3.22
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.37	$81.10M	$1.01	10.07

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACCO or SCS?

84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of ACCO Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ACCO or SCS more profitable?

Steelcase has a net margin of 3.63% compared to ACCO Brands' net margin of -6.10%. ACCO Brands' return on equity of 14.96% beat Steelcase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACCO Brands	-6.10%	14.96%	4.07%
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACCO or SCS a better dividend stock?

ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ACCO Brands pays out -26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ACCO Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands received 103 more outperform votes than Steelcase when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 416 60.03%	Underperform Votes 277 39.97%
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.21%	Underperform Votes 167 34.79%

Summary

Steelcase beats ACCO Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.