Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) Lowered to “Hold” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on ACCO. Zacks Research cut shares of Acco Brands from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Acco Brands from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Barrington Research lowered their price objective on shares of Acco Brands from $6.00 to $5.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Acco Brands currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $5.00.

Acco Brands Price Performance

ACCO stock opened at $3.38 on Friday. Acco Brands has a 52-week low of $3.20 and a 52-week high of $4.70. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21. The stock has a market cap of $304.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a fifty day moving average of $3.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $3.86.

Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 9th. The industrial products company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38. The business had revenue of $428.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $431.94 million. Acco Brands had a return on equity of 12.35% and a net margin of 2.71%.Acco Brands has set its Q1 2026 guidance at -0.060–0.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.840-0.890 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Acco Brands will post 1.02 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Acco Brands

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in Acco Brands by 102.5% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,550,367 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,550,000 after buying an additional 784,826 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Acco Brands by 27.7% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,148,160 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $11,743,000 after acquiring an additional 682,260 shares during the period. Readystate Asset Management LP increased its position in shares of Acco Brands by 63.6% during the fourth quarter. Readystate Asset Management LP now owns 1,517,338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,660,000 after acquiring an additional 590,006 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Acco Brands in the fourth quarter valued at $1,772,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in shares of Acco Brands by 32.4% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,313,447 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,899,000 after acquiring an additional 321,400 shares in the last quarter. 84.56% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Acco Brands

Here are the key news stories impacting Acco Brands this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Barrington Research kept an “outperform” rating and set a $5.00 price target (down from $6.00), which still implies roughly ~48% upside from the current share price — a constructive signal for investors looking for upside. Benzinga TickerReport
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage/questions about Sidoti’s modeling for upcoming quarters circulated (media coverage asking about Sidoti’s Q2 estimate), which may increase focus on near-term results but is informational rather than a recommendation. What is Sidoti’s Estimate for Acco Brands Q2 Earnings?
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research downgraded ACCO from “hold” to “strong sell,” a clear negative catalyst that likely pressured the stock by signaling weaker conviction among some retail/quant investors. Zacks.com
• Negative Sentiment: Sidoti revised several estimates downward: they cut Q1 2026 to a loss of ($0.05) from $0.02 and lowered FY2026 to $0.85 from $1.06, while issuing quarter-by-quarter outlooks for FY2027. Those downward revisions reduce near-term earnings visibility and are a negative for sentiment until results prove otherwise. MarketBeat Sidoti coverage

Acco Brands Company Profile

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.