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ACCO vs. NL, AVY, MSA, HNI, SCS, PBI, TILE, EBF, GIC, and KALU

Should you be buying Acco Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acco Brands include NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), HNI (HNI), Steelcase (SCS), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Interface (TILE), Ennis (EBF), Global Industrial (GIC), and Kaiser Aluminum (KALU).

Acco Brands vs. Its Competitors

NL Industries (NYSE:NL) and Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) are both small-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Acco Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. NL Industries pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acco Brands pays out 63.8% 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. NL Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

NL Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acco Brands. NL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acco Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NL Industries$152.72M1.95$67.23M$1.105.53
Acco Brands$1.67B0.22-$101.60M$0.478.76

NL Industries has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acco Brands has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

10.7% of NL Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Acco Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of NL Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Acco Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Acco Brands has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.81%. Given Acco Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acco Brands is more favorable than NL Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NL Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Acco Brands
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Acco Brands had 5 more articles in the media than NL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Acco Brands and 0 mentions for NL Industries. Acco Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat NL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Acco Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NL Industries Neutral
Acco Brands Neutral

NL Industries has a net margin of 35.06% compared to Acco Brands' net margin of 2.90%. Acco Brands' return on equity of 13.60% beat NL Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NL Industries35.06% 12.93% 9.69%
Acco Brands 2.90%13.60%3.63%

Summary

Acco Brands beats NL Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ACCO vs. The Competition

MetricAcco BrandsOFFICE SPPL&FRM IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$370.89M$419.26M$7.95B$21.78B
Dividend Yield7.26%6.39%4.57%3.54%
P/E Ratio8.769.94305.6729.82
Price / Sales0.220.701,355.6867.59
Price / Cash2.195.2628.1618.31
Price / Book0.631.104.954.65
Net Income-$101.60M-$30.69M$793.08M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.00%1.56%1.91%1.20%
1 Month Performance1.98%0.07%5.13%3.32%
1 Year Performance-21.62%-23.53%29.90%13.11%

Acco Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9254 of 5 stars
$4.12
+1.4%
$6.00
+45.8%
-21.6%$370.89M$1.67B8.765,000Analyst Upgrade
NL
NL Industries
2.0271 of 5 stars
$6.09
-0.3%
N/A-17.2%$298.55M$145.90M5.542,820
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.8607 of 5 stars
$160.28
-0.3%
$196.80
+22.8%
-23.8%$12.54B$8.76B17.9935,000
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.6669 of 5 stars
$171.13
+0.1%
$189.20
+10.6%
+1.0%$6.69B$1.81B24.415,200Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.8255 of 5 stars
$46.52
+0.9%
$75.00
+61.2%
-11.9%$2.11B$2.53B15.107,700
SCS
Steelcase
3.6059 of 5 stars
$17.21
+0.7%
$16.00
-7.0%
+32.7%$1.96B$3.17B16.7111,300
PBI
Pitney Bowes
2.9845 of 5 stars
$11.20
-0.7%
N/A+60.5%$1.94B$2.03B-18.677,200
TILE
Interface
4.4464 of 5 stars
$28.73
+1.2%
$32.00
+11.4%
+52.4%$1.66B$1.32B17.733,636
EBF
Ennis
1.6614 of 5 stars
$18.10
-1.4%
N/A-25.4%$473.60M$394.62M11.111,856
GIC
Global Industrial
2.4074 of 5 stars
$36.26
-1.1%
N/A+8.6%$1.41B$1.32B21.431,845
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.8778 of 5 stars
$76.14
-2.0%
$78.00
+2.4%
+9.1%$1.26B$3.02B19.574,000

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This page (NYSE:ACCO) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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