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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	0.21	-$101.60M	-$1.13	-3.30
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.38	$81.10M	$1.01	10.37

Does the media favor ACCO or SCS?

In the previous week, ACCO Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ACCO Brands and 1 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ACCO Brands' score of 0.37 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Steelcase	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Steelcase shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 8.0%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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.

Do analysts prefer ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.86%. Steelcase has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 62.37%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Steelcase is more favorable than ACCO Brands.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands received 104 more outperform votes than Steelcase when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 417 60.09%	Underperform Votes 277 39.91%
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.21%	Underperform Votes 167 34.79%

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 volatility and risk, ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Steelcase beats ACCO Brands on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.