ACCO vs. PBI, SCS, TILE, NL, AVY, MSA, HNI, DLX, UFPT, and CENX
Should you be buying ACCO Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACCO Brands include Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), NL Industries (NL), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), HNI (HNI), Deluxe (DLX), UFP Technologies (UFPT), and Century Aluminum (CENX).
ACCO Brands vs.
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 6 more articles in the media than ACCO Brands. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 13 mentions for ACCO Brands. Pitney Bowes' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat ACCO Brands' score of 0.45 indicating that Pitney Bowes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pitney Bowes has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pitney Bowes has a net margin of -7.71% compared to ACCO Brands' net margin of -10.64%. ACCO Brands' return on equity of 14.30% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.
ACCO Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACCO Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Pitney Bowes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Pitney Bowes pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ACCO Brands pays out -15.9% 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 has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.26%. Given ACCO Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.
ACCO Brands received 154 more outperform votes than Pitney Bowes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.06% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote while only 54.78% of users gave Pitney Bowes an outperform vote.
Summary
ACCO Brands beats Pitney Bowes on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACCO) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
