ACCO Brands
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
4.34
Price/Sales ratio
0.20
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.89

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
11.189.0314.6210.016.658.7212.937.74-40.35-26.57-2.778.72
Price/Sales ratio
0.600.510.890.670.360.470.480.380.270.310.280.47
Price/Book Value ratio
1.501.331.971.700.891.201.070.910.650.730.811.20
Price/Cash Flow ratio
5.964.538.416.433.644.566.724.946.864.503.284.56
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
7.205.409.477.584.425.447.715.698.715.043.465.44
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.58-3.651.150.27-0.401.77-0.320.110.35-0.410.27-0.40
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/A3.53%2.61%3.06%3.27%5.36%4.91%5.71%3.53%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
31.36%31.67%33.08%33.68%32.34%32.39%29.74%30.36%28.35%32.64%32.12%32.39%
Operating Profit Margin
10.27%10.82%10.74%9.90%9.63%10.03%6.79%7.45%8.20%2.43%1.91%10.03%
Pretax Profit Margin
8.11%8.69%8.03%8.11%8.13%8.36%4.74%5.50%0.76%-0.71%-11.26%8.36%
Net Profit Margin
5.42%5.68%6.13%6.75%5.49%5.46%3.74%5.03%-0.67%-1.18%-10.64%5.46%
Effective Tax Rate
33.13%34.62%23.66%16.69%32.42%34.67%21.11%8.52%188.59%-66.41%5.56%34.67%
Return on Assets
4.11%4.39%4.62%4.70%3.82%3.82%2.03%3.29%-0.47%-0.82%-7.70%3.82%
Return On Equity
13.45%14.77%13.47%17.01%13.51%13.80%8.34%11.78%-1.62%-2.77%-26.14%13.80%
Return on Capital Employed
9.48%10.23%10.08%8.53%8.54%8.91%4.51%6.33%7.24%2.12%1.75%8.91%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.961.831.651.541.461.361.30N/AN/AN/A1.591.46
Quick Ratio
1.381.261.131.060.900.880.750.700.820.970.940.90
Cash ratio
0.130.150.100.140.110.040.060.050.100.120.200.11
Days of Sales Outstanding
90.8689.2491.6587.8980.5584.6778.5074.9871.9885.7769.6584.67
Days of Inventory outstanding
72.3872.0073.5671.7994.6578.2095.77110.76103.3896.83102.3494.65
Operating Cycle
163.24161.25165.21159.68175.20162.88174.27185.75175.36182.60171.99162.88
Days of Payables Outstanding
50.0952.2047.3250.3276.3167.8256.5679.7562.6554.3157.4767.82
Cash Conversion Cycle
113.15109.05117.89109.3698.8995.05117.70105.99112.71128.29114.5298.89
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.350.360.330.330.310.290.370.330.360.350.390.31
Debt Equity Ratio
1.151.230.981.201.111.071.551.181.251.191.511.11
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.530.550.460.530.510.500.580.520.530.520.570.51
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.530.550.490.540.520.510.600.540.550.540.600.52
Interest Coverage Ratio
3.613.663.505.224.824.813.17N/AN/AN/A0.604.81
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.210.230.230.210.220.240.100.150.070.130.160.24
Company Equity Multiplier
3.263.362.913.613.523.604.103.573.443.363.833.52
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.110.100.100.100.100.070.070.030.070.080.10
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.820.830.880.840.820.830.870.860.780.890.910.82
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.210.230.230.210.220.240.100.150.070.130.160.24
Short Term Coverage Ratio
107.31N/A2.424.744.933.701.202.360.952.251.883.70
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A23.52%22.84%39.67%25.31%-216.66%-130.73%-15.74%22.84%