ARC Document Solutions (ARC) Competitors

ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) and ARC Document Solutions (NYSE:ARC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, ACCO or ARC?

ACCO Brands has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Document Solutions has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACCO or ARC?

ACCO Brands received 147 more outperform votes than ARC Document Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.55% of users gave ARC Document Solutions an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave ACCO Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACCO Brands	Outperform Votes 411 60.00%	Underperform Votes 274 40.00%
ARC Document Solutions	Outperform Votes 264 64.55%	Underperform Votes 145 35.45%

Is ACCO or ARC a better dividend stock?

ACCO Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. ARC Document Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ACCO Brands pays out -15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Document Solutions pays out 181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is ACCO or ARC more profitable?

ARC Document Solutions has a net margin of 1.61% compared to ACCO Brands' net margin of -10.64%. ACCO Brands' return on equity of 14.30% beat ARC Document Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACCO Brands	-10.64%	14.30%	3.99%
ARC Document Solutions	1.61%	5.28%	2.66%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ACCO or ARC?

84.6% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of ARC Document Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of ACCO Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of ARC Document Solutions 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.

Does the media prefer ACCO or ARC?

In the previous week, ACCO Brands had 2 more articles in the media than ARC Document Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ACCO Brands and 1 mentions for ARC Document Solutions. ACCO Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat ARC Document Solutions' score of 0.00 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARC Document Solutions	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ACCO or ARC?

ARC Document Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ACCO Brands. ACCO Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Document Solutions, 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	$1.71B	0.30	-$21.80M	-$1.89	-2.89
ARC Document Solutions	$281.20M	0.52	$8.23M	$0.11	30.82

Do analysts prefer ACCO or ARC?

ACCO Brands currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.36%. Given ACCO Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ACCO Brands is more favorable than ARC Document Solutions.

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
ARC Document Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

ACCO Brands beats ARC Document Solutions on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.