ACCO Brands (ACCO) Competitors

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

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 6.8%. Steelcase pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. ACCO Brands pays out -28.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steelcase pays out 41.7% 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. ACCO Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.82%. Steelcase has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.98%. Given Steelcase's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steelcase has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 higher valuation & 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	$1.67B	0.24	-$101.60M	-$1.06	-4.13
Steelcase	$3.15B	0.38	$81.10M	$0.96	11.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ACCO or SCS?

84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Steelcase shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Steelcase shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACCO or SCS?

ACCO Brands received 101 more outperform votes than Steelcase when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.34% of users gave Steelcase an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 414 60.00%	Underperform Votes 276 40.00%
Steelcase	Outperform Votes 313 65.34%	Underperform Votes 166 34.66%

Does the media refer more to ACCO or SCS?

In the previous week, Steelcase had 6 more articles in the media than ACCO Brands. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Steelcase and 2 mentions for ACCO Brands. ACCO Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Steelcase's score of 0.71 indicating that ACCO Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ACCO Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Steelcase	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Steelcase beats ACCO Brands on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.