ACCO Brands (ACCO) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SCS or ACCO?

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
Steelcase	$3.17B	0.37	$81.10M	$1.01	10.05
ACCO Brands	$1.67B	0.20	-$101.60M	-$1.06	-3.45

Is SCS or ACCO a better dividend stock?

Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Steelcase pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ACCO Brands pays out -28.3% 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.

Is SCS or ACCO 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
Steelcase	3.63%	14.20%	5.75%
ACCO Brands	-6.10%	14.96%	4.07%

Which has more volatility and risk, SCS or ACCO?

Steelcase has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SCS or ACCO?

Steelcase currently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 67.49%. ACCO Brands has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.26%. Given ACCO Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than Steelcase.

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

Does the media favor SCS or ACCO?

In the previous week, ACCO Brands had 7 more articles in the media than Steelcase. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ACCO Brands and 2 mentions for Steelcase. Steelcase's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ACCO Brands' score of 0.30 indicating that Steelcase is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SCS or ACCO?

ACCO Brands received 102 more outperform votes than Steelcase when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.21% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.21%	Underperform Votes 167 34.79%
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 415 60.06%	Underperform Votes 276 39.94%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SCS or ACCO?

92.4% of Steelcase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Steelcase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of ACCO Brands shares are held by company 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.

Summary

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