Acco Brands (ACCO) Competitors $4.01 -0.12 (-2.93%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.02 +0.01 (+0.37%) As of 09/12/2025 08:00 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ACCO vs. NL, AVY, MSA, HNI, PBI, SCS, TILE, EBF, GIC, and NSSCShould 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), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Ennis (EBF), Global Industrial (GIC), and NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC). Acco Brands vs. Its Competitors NL Industries Avery Dennison MSA Safety Incorporporated HNI Pitney Bowes Steelcase Interface Ennis Global Industrial NAPCO Security Technologies Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) and NL Industries (NYSE:NL) are both small-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and earnings. Which has better earnings & valuation, ACCO or NL? NL Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioAcco Brands$1.67B0.22-$101.60M$0.478.53NL Industries$145.90M2.02$67.23M$1.105.47 Is ACCO or NL more profitable? 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 Acco Brands2.90% 13.60% 3.63% NL Industries 35.06%12.93%9.69% Which has more risk and volatility, ACCO or NL? Acco Brands has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NL Industries has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is ACCO or NL a better dividend stock? Acco Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Acco Brands pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NL Industries pays out 32.7% 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. Does the media prefer ACCO or NL? In the previous week, Acco Brands had 3 more articles in the media than NL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Acco Brands and 0 mentions for NL Industries. Acco Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat NL Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Acco Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Acco Brands Positive NL Industries Neutral Do analysts rate ACCO or NL? Acco Brands presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.66%. NL Industries has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Given Acco Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Acco Brands is more favorable than NL Industries.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Acco Brands 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50NL Industries 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACCO or NL? 84.6% of Acco Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of NL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Acco Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NL Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryAcco Brands beats NL Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Acco Brands News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ACCO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ACCO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAcco BrandsOFFICE SPPL&FRM IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$372.25M$423.05M$7.81B$21.58BDividend Yield7.26%6.41%4.56%3.48%P/E Ratio8.5310.18315.9929.75Price / Sales0.220.71217.2486.27Price / Cash2.195.3028.9125.00Price / Book0.611.084.614.58Net Income-$101.60M-$30.69M$798.53M$999.94M7 Day Performance-0.64%-1.61%0.97%0.68%1 Month Performance2.53%-0.30%0.86%3.10%1 Year Performance-25.00%-24.37%26.73%14.39% Acco Brands Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ACCOAcco Brands4.9707 of 5 stars$4.01-2.9%$6.00+49.7%-23.2%$372.25M$1.67B8.535,000Positive NewsNLNL Industries1.3184 of 5 stars$6.12-3.9%$6.00-2.0%-8.2%$311.26M$145.90M5.792,820AVYAvery Dennison4.8865 of 5 stars$168.27+0.1%$197.60+17.4%-24.1%$13.11B$8.76B17.8235,000News CoveragePositive NewsMSAMSA Safety Incorporporated4.58 of 5 stars$170.10-0.2%$189.20+11.2%-2.0%$6.67B$1.81B22.175,200Positive NewsHNIHNI4.8468 of 5 stars$47.03+0.7%$75.00+59.5%-11.3%$2.14B$2.53B13.547,700Short Interest ↑PBIPitney Bowes3.5372 of 5 stars$12.68+3.2%N/A+71.2%$2.11B$2.03B10.877,200News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeSCSSteelcase3.6389 of 5 stars$17.21+0.4%$16.00-7.0%+25.3%$1.96B$3.17B14.9011,300News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑TILEInterface4.0006 of 5 stars$28.13-0.2%$32.00+13.8%+56.5%$1.64B$1.32B16.873,636Short Interest ↑EBFEnnis2.4802 of 5 stars$18.41-0.4%N/A-22.0%$476.70M$394.62M12.161,856News CoveragePositive NewsGICGlobal Industrial3.9746 of 5 stars$38.30+1.0%N/A+14.9%$1.46B$1.32B22.181,845Positive NewsShort Interest ↓NSSCNAPCO Security Technologies3.4244 of 5 stars$40.26+1.9%$37.67-6.4%+11.6%$1.41B$181.62M33.211,061Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NL Competitors AVY Competitors MSA Competitors HNI Competitors PBI Competitors SCS Competitors TILE Competitors EBF Competitors GIC Competitors NSSC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ACCO) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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