ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.040-1.090 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.040. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.7 billion-$1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.7 billion. ACCO Brands also updated its FY24 guidance to $1.04-$1.09 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on ACCO. Barrington Research decreased their price objective on shares of ACCO Brands from $7.50 to $7.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, June 6th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of ACCO Brands from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Friday.

ACCO Brands Stock Down 6.6 %

ACCO Brands stock traded down $0.33 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $4.65. 986,340 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 485,606. The company has a market cap of $444.54 million, a P/E ratio of -17.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 1.62. ACCO Brands has a twelve month low of $4.46 and a twelve month high of $6.62. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18. The company has a fifty day moving average of $4.84 and a 200-day moving average of $5.29.

ACCO Brands (NYSE:ACCO) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.31 by $0.06. ACCO Brands had a negative net margin of 10.15% and a positive return on equity of 12.57%. The company had revenue of $438.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $452.73 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.38 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts expect that ACCO Brands will post 1.04 EPS for the current year.

ACCO Brands Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 4th. Investors of record on Friday, August 16th will be given a $0.075 dividend. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. ACCO Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -111.11%.

Insider Activity at ACCO Brands

In other ACCO Brands news, SVP Angela Y. Jones sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.96, for a total transaction of $74,400.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 18,621 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $92,360.16. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 7.30% of the company’s stock.

ACCO Brands Company Profile

ACCO Brands Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets consumer, school, technology, and office products. It operates through three segments: ACCO Brands North America, ACCO Brands EMEA, and ACCO Brands International. The company provides computer and gaming accessories, planners, dry erase boards, school notebooks, and janitorial supplies; storage and organization products, such as lever-arch binders, sheet protectors, and indexes; sheet protectors and indexes; laminating, binding, and shredding machines; writing instruments and art products; stapling and punching products; and do-it-yourself tools.