Added to YB: 2025-05-19
Pitch date: 2025-05-15
ACCO [bearish]
ACCO Brands Corporation
-3.26%
current return
Author Info
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Company Info
ACCO Brands Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets consumer, school, technology, and office products in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
Market Cap
$311.7M
Pitch Price
$3.67
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
8.67%
EV/EBITDA
5.61
P/E
-3.03
EV/Sales
0.74
Sector
Commercial Services and Supplies
Category
N/A
Problems at Two Paper Products Companies - ACCO Brands Corporation
ACCO short: Office/school supplies maker facing 11 consecutive quarters of declining revenue (11.6% in Q1 2025, worse than past years). $800M debt burden, poor leadership (CEO comp $4.2M despite 10% stock drop), and digitalization threaten core business. Only 26% of employees have positive outlook, calling it a 'dying industry' with 'broken culture.'
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