Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.870-0.910 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.870. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.6 billion-$1.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion. Acco Brands also updated its Q3 2026 guidance to 0.170-0.210 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently issued reports on ACCO. Wall Street Zen raised Acco Brands from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 23rd. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Acco Brands from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $5.00 price target on shares of Acco Brands in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Acco Brands from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $5.00.

Acco Brands Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of Acco Brands stock traded down $0.09 on Thursday, hitting $4.25. 641,671 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 926,906. The company has a fifty day moving average of $4.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $3.77. Acco Brands has a one year low of $2.81 and a one year high of $4.39. The company has a market capitalization of $391.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 0.98.

Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $415.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $402.53 million. Acco Brands had a return on equity of 12.58% and a net margin of 4.76%.Acco Brands has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.170-0.210 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.870-0.910 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Acco Brands will post 0.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Acco Brands Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Investors of record on Friday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 21st. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.1%. Acco Brands’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.46%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Acco Brands news, SVP Angela Y. Jones sold 57,217 shares of Acco Brands stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.02, for a total value of $230,012.34. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 18,580 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $74,691.60. The trade was a 75.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 5.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Acco Brands

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new stake in Acco Brands in the 1st quarter valued at about $127,000. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in Acco Brands by 3.7% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 460,514 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,930,000 after acquiring an additional 16,343 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its stake in Acco Brands by 53.3% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 54,421 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $195,000 after acquiring an additional 18,924 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Acco Brands by 0.4% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 818,489 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,930,000 after acquiring an additional 3,039 shares during the period. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP increased its holdings in shares of Acco Brands by 8.3% during the second quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 78,218 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $280,000 after acquiring an additional 6,018 shares in the last quarter. 84.56% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Acco Brands

Acco Brands Corporation is a global provider of branded office and school supplies, serving consumers, educational institutions and commercial customers. Headquartered in Lake Zurich, Illinois, the company designs, manufactures and distributes a wide range of products that enhance productivity and organization in work and learning environments.

The company’s portfolio includes staplers, hole punches, binding and laminating systems, writing tools, binders, folders and desktop accessories under well-known names such as ACCO, Swingline, GBC, Kensington, Mead and Five Star.