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Acco Brands Corp. (ACCO)

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Acco Brands Corp. (ACCO) reported revenue of $380 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, down 0.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $12 million, up 187.5% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.12. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 30 October 2026.

Revenue$380 milliondown 0.9%
Net income$12 millionup 187.5%
Diluted EPS$0.12
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026

Acco Brands (ACCO) in brief

Acco Brands (ACCO) reported revenue of $1.5 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 8.5% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $41 million and diluted earnings per share $0.44. Revenue was $1.7 billion in fiscal 2024, $1.8 billion in fiscal 2023, $1.9 billion in fiscal 2022 and $2.0 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was a loss of $102 million, a loss of $22 million, a loss of $13 million and $102 million. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026, Acco Brands reported revenue of $1.6 billion and net income of $66 million. Revenue fell 1.6% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Acco Brands declared $0.30 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 92 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 September 2026 it carried $881 million of debt and $175 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Acco Brands was $508 million, 7.9 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE9.6%
ROCE5.7%
Operating margin5.8%
Net margin4.2%
FCF marginn/a
Interest cover1.99
Debt to equity1.28
Cash conversion1.96
Share count, last 12 months2.4%
Sales CAGR, 3 years-7.8%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM$0.70

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$5.50
Market cap$508 million
Stock P/E7.86
Price to book0.74
EV / EBITDA7.75
Dividend yield5.5%
Market cap / sales0.32
52-week high$5.50
52-week low$2.84
Price, 1 year40.7%
Price CAGR, 3 years2.8%
Price CAGR, 5 years-7.8%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the total debt Acco Brands Corp. states in its own filing, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 30 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on ACCO

Dividends$0.30 a share over the four quarters to 30 September 2026, a 5.45% yield
Filings17 in twelve months: 7 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 2 regulation FD disclosure; 1 officer or director change; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider sales1 Form 144 notice in twelve months, $229,886; latest 28 May 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.15 by open interest at the 30 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 11.1% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders198 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest BlackRock, Inc.
Insider trading1 sale and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest6.5 million shares short, 11.12 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue570442521486499403494448489359438421448317395384429344415380
Cost of revenue392322371348354283329303319248286284293218265257285237281244
Gross profit17812015013714511916414517011015313715699.6130127144107134136
Gross margin31%27%29%28%29%30%33%32%35%31%35%33%35%31%33%33%34%31%32%36%
SG&A99.198.891.693.992.495.098.098.810294.288.092.291.392.782.687.484.099.191.293.7
Operating income63.66.855.4-63.035.610.155.232.2-52.85.9-11126.342.0-6.733.026.040.0-10.430.330.3
Operating margin11%2%11%-13%7%3%11%7%-11%2%-25%6%9%-2%8%7%9%-3%7%8%
Interest expense10.39.710.812.113.013.915.515.613.613.313.813.711.810.811.912.510.610.812.011.9
Pre-tax income57.2-1.051.8-64.628.7-3.342.021.6-73.4-5.3-12713.831.6-16.522.714.728.214.919.716.6
Tax rate6%n/a24%n/a34%n/a37%31%n/an/an/a33%35%n/a-29%73%24%-30%28%31%
Net income53.5-2.739.4-68.718.8-3.726.414.9-59.4-6.3-1259.320.6-13.229.24.021.319.414.111.5
Net margin9%-1%8%-14%4%-1%5%3%-12%-2%-29%2%5%-4%7%1%5%6%3%3%
Diluted EPS$0.55-$0.03$0.40-$0.73$0.20-$0.04$0.27$0.15-$0.62-$0.07-$1.29$0.09$0.21-$0.14$0.31$0.04$0.23$0.20$0.15$0.12
Operating cash flow116-1046.388.387.2-23.2-16.111058.028.2-25.692.952.75.5-38.971.530.63.5-35.3131
Capital expenditure7.33.43.64.85.9n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Free cash flow108-1082.783.581.3n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Buybacks0.0n/an/a0.0n/an/an/a0.0n/a0.00.012.52.515.00.10.00.00.00.00.0
Dividends paid7.27.37.17.17.10.014.27.27.17.27.17.26.96.86.76.86.76.96.97.0
Shares outstanding96m97m94m94m94m95m95m95m95m96m96m93m93m90m90m90m90m92m92m92m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 17 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue1,2331,2851,3181,7581,7651,6891,5101,5571,9491,9411,9561,6552,0251,9481,8331,6661,5251,568
Cost of revenue8699029191,2211,2171,1591,0321,0421,2921,3131,3221,1631,4101,3951,2341,1111,0251,047
Gross profit365383399537548530478515656628634492615552598555500521
Gross margin29.6%29.8%30.3%30.5%31.0%31.4%31.7%33.1%33.7%32.3%32.4%29.7%30.4%28.4%32.6%33.3%32.8%33.2%
Research and developmentn/a24.020.520.822.520.220.021.023.523.821.819.726.626.325.823.022.0n/a
Selling, general and administrative263267278354347329296329416392390336393377394366347368
Operating income75.411011513914617416415918418719611215134.844.7-37.092.390.2
Operating margin6.1%8.5%8.7%7.9%8.3%10.3%10.8%10.2%9.5%9.6%10.0%6.8%7.5%1.8%2.4%-2.2%6.1%5.8%
Interest expense67.078.377.291.359.049.544.549.341.141.243.238.846.345.658.652.645.845.3
Pre-tax income7.438.542.9-4.491.713713112515815816478.611114.9-13.1-87.349.179.4
Income tax12630.724.3-12114.445.445.529.626.451.256.716.69.528.18.714.37.813.1
Effective tax rate1702.7%79.7%56.6%n/a15.7%33.1%34.6%23.7%16.7%32.4%34.7%21.1%8.5%188.6%n/an/a15.9%16.5%
Net income-12612.456.711577.191.685.995.513210710762.0102-13.2-21.8-10241.366.3
Net margin-10.2%1.0%4.3%6.6%4.4%5.4%5.7%6.1%6.8%5.5%5.5%3.7%5.0%-0.7%-1.2%-6.1%2.7%4.2%
Diluted EPS-$2.32$0.22$0.98$1.20$0.67$0.79$0.78$0.87$1.19$1.00$1.06$0.65$1.05-$0.14-$0.23-$1.06$0.44$0.70
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2023 to FY2025

Acco Brands runs its business by region, so its segments are regions.

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
ACCO Brands Americas1,1361,00089458.7%
ACCO Brands International69766663041.3%
ACCO Brands AmericasACCO Brands International
1,833FY20231,666FY20241,525FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Profit by segment FY2023 to FY2025

The operating profit each segment reports. Costs Acco Brands does not charge to a segment are left out, so the segments can add up to more than the company's own operating profit.

FY2023FY2024FY2025Margin
FY2025
ACCO Brands Americas43.9-45.597.710.9%
ACCO Brands International49.654.134.25.4%
ACCO Brands AmericasACCO Brands International
93.5FY20238.6FY2024132FY2025

$ million; the figure over a bar is all the segments together; a year a segment lost money, it hangs below the line. Hover a block for its profit, sales and margin.

FY2025Share of salesShare of profit
ACCO Brands Americas59%74%
ACCO Brands International41%26%

Each column adds to 100%. A segment with a bigger share of the profit than of the sales makes more on each dollar it sells.

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where every segment with sales that year has an operating profit figure. A margin is a segment's operating profit over its own sales.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow71.554.961.8-7.519417217116720519520411916077.612914868.7130
Capital expenditure10.312.613.530.336.629.627.618.531.034.132.815.321.217.7n/an/an/an/a
Free cash flow61.242.348.3-37.815814214414917416117110413859.9n/an/an/an/a
Free cash flow margin5.0%3.3%3.7%-2.1%8.9%8.4%9.5%9.5%8.9%8.3%8.7%6.3%6.8%3.1%n/an/an/an/a
Cash from investing-3.9-14.940.0-423-33.3-25.8-24.6-106-319-71.9-79.6-355-5.8-9.3-11.2-12.3-9.3-14.9
Cash from financing-44.5-0.1-63.1360-156-142-138-76.4142-126-163245-147-48.3-118-123-76.7-22.7
Depreciation and amortisation39.236.332.854.464.657.552.052.071.270.770.370.785.779.476.173.172.866.5
Share-based compensation3.04.26.39.216.415.716.019.417.08.810.16.515.29.514.811.911.512.7
Buybacksn/an/an/a0.00.019.460.00.036.675.065.018.90.019.40.015.015.10.0
Dividends paidn/a0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.025.124.424.625.828.628.528.427.027.5
Dividend per sharen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a$0.24$0.24$0.26$0.27$0.30$0.30$0.30$0.30n/a
Diluted shares, weighted54m57m58m96m116m116m111m109m111m107m101m96m97m95m95m96m94m96m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a55m55m113m114m112m106m108m107m103m96m95m96m94m95m93m90m92m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2009FY2010 †FY2011 †FY2012 †FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity-117-79.8-61.9639702681581709774790774743865810787606665690
Debtn/a7276691,0729218017297049408888161,1371,0071,005926840841881
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a11.089.876.589.075.276.866.963.551.4
Other liabilitiesn/a5025107967607336436521,0861,0981,1091,0931,131904855716684632
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,1501,1172,5082,3832,2151,9532,0642,7992,7862,7893,0493,0912,7952,6452,2282,2532,255
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a163147274253236209198278264267241215185170138139135
Goodwilln/a137135589568545497587670709719827802672590446478463
Intangible assetsn/a137130647607571521566840787759977902847816710697662
Cash and equivalents43.683.212150.053.553.255.442.976.967.027.836.641.262.266.474.164.4175
Receivablesn/a275270499472420369391469428454356416384431349360298
Inventoryn/a206198266255230204210254341283305428395328270289298
Other assetsn/a14911618417416098.269.4210191280305287250244242226225
Total assetsn/a1,1501,1172,5082,3832,2151,9532,0642,7992,7862,7893,0493,0912,7952,6452,2282,2532,255
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded0.1%-1.6%-7.8%1.5%
Profit growth, compounded-7.1%-7.8%n/a63.3%
Return on equity, average6.3%-0.6%-4.4%6.2%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Acco Brands' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Acco Brands (ACCO) reported revenue of $1.5 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, down 8.5% on the year before.

How much did Acco Brands earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $41 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $0.44.

What is Acco Brands' P/E ratio?

At the close of 30 October 2026, Acco Brands traded at 7.9 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 September 2026.

What is Acco Brands' market cap?

The market cap of Acco Brands was $508 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

Does Acco Brands pay a dividend?

Yes. Acco Brands declared $0.30 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 September 2026.

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Scholastic Corp. SCHL$691 million27.868.6%1.0%-2.5%0.282.2%
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Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 September 202630 October 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202631 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20261 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 20259 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202531 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20251 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20252 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202421 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20241 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20242 August 2024EDGAR