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ACCO BRANDS Corp (ACCO)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for ACCO BRANDS Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About ACCO BRANDS Corp

ACCO Brands Corporation is a global company that designs, manufactures, and sells consumer, technology, and business branded products used in schools, homes, and workplaces. Its products include well-known brands in office supplies, technology accessories, and related categories, primarily sold in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. The company serves a wide range of customers through various retail and distribution channels, including mass retailers, e-commerce, and specialty stores.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.52B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-8.5%
Net income
$41.3M
Diluted EPS
$0.44
Gross margin
32.8%
Operating margin
6.1%
Net margin
2.7%
FCF margin
ROE
6.2%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
6.9×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$396.0M
Long-term debt / equity
1.21×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at ACCO BRANDS

  • Revenue fell 8.5% to $1.5B in FY2025, after a 9.1% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 6.1% in FY2025, -1.4 pp against 7.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $415M, up 5.1% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Net income turned positive at $41M in FY2025, from a $102M loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where ACCO BRANDS’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin32.8%
30th percentile of 105
Operating margin6.1%
62nd percentile of 185
Net margin2.7%
61st percentile of 191
Revenue growth (YoY)-8.5%
17th percentile of 209
ROE6.2%
65th percentile of 165
P/E6.9×
7th percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity1.21×
64th percentile of 101
Short interest8.74d
87th percentile of 216

ACCO BRANDS’s P/E of 6.9 ranks in the 7th percentile of the 95 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$23.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$8.3M2.0MReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$7.4M1.8MAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$4.0M957.9KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.0M711.4KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$306,95473.8KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$182,25843.8KNew

No longer held by: First Eagle Investment Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-28
filed 2026-05-29
Jones Angela YSVP, Global Chief People OfficSell57.2K$4.02$230K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.9M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-4.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
8.74
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
676.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-145.9M-4.3%8.74
2026-07-316.2M-3.2%9.61
2026-07-156.4M-9.3%8.69
2026-06-307.0M+4.7%5.97
2026-06-156.7M+20.1%8.87
2026-05-295.6M-1.5%6.15
2026-05-155.7M-23.2%4.31
2026-04-307.4M-3.9%11.48

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.52B$1.67B$1.83B$1.95B$2.03B
Gross profit$500.0M$555.4M$598.3M$552.3M$614.9M
Operating income$92.3M$-37.0M$44.7M$34.8M$151.0M
Net income$41.3M$-101.6M$-21.8M$-13.2M$101.9M
Diluted EPS$0.44$-1.06$-0.23$-0.14$1.05

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$68.7M$148.2M$128.7M$77.6M$159.6M
Capital expenditure$17.7M$21.2M
Free cash flow$59.9M$138.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$415.1M5.1%$14.1M$0.15
Q1 FY2026$343.7M8.3%$19.4M$0.20
Q4 FY2025$428.8M-4.3%$21.3M$0.23
Q3 FY2025$383.7M-8.8%$4.0M$0.04
Q2 FY2025$394.8M-9.9%$29.2M$0.31
Q1 FY2025$317.4M-11.6%$-13.2M$-0.14
Q4 FY2024$448.1M-8.3%$20.6M$0.22
Q3 FY2024$420.9M-6.0%$9.3M$0.09

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryBlankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2019
SEC CIK712034

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-31
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10-Q2026-05-01
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8-K2026-08-14
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-05-19
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8-K2026-04-30
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.