ACCO Brands Stock: Beaten-Down Dividend-Payer Offering a Great Opportunity?
August 28, 2025
Patient Investors: Pay Attention to ACCO
The smart money moves when the crowd isn’t watching. While retail investors chase momentum plays and the trending stocks dominating financial press, savvy income investors know that real opportunities are rarely present in the headlines. You must look into the corners of the stock market that aren’t garnering much attention.
With this said, I want my readers to take a look at ACCO Brands Corp (NYSE:ACCO).
ACCO Brands stock has been anything but exciting. It is currently trading near multi-year lows, as investors are concerned about the macro environment and potential impacts from global trade affairs.
However, ACCO Brands stock is presenting a great potential opportunity for investors who can be patient. ACCO offers a robust dividend yield, with the potential for immense upside as well.
What Does ACCO Brands Do?
ACCO Brands is one of the world’s largest suppliers of select categories of branded academic, consumer, and business products. Its product portfolio includes everything from notebooks and planners to whiteboards, shredders, and computer and gaming accessories.
The company markets its products in over 100 countries through its own sales force and distribution networks, operating through two business segments: ACCO Brands Americas and ACCO Brands International.
ACCO Brands sells its products under industry-leading brands, such as “Artline,” “AT-A-GLANCE,” “Barrilito,” “Five Star,” “Foroni,” “GBC,” “Hilroy,” “Kensington,” “Leitz,” “Mead,” “Quartet,” “Rapid,” “Rexel,” “Swingline,” “Tilibra,” and “Wilson Jones.” (Source: “Overview,” ACCO Brands Corp, last accessed August 20, 2025.)
Offering a Robust Dividend
ACCO Brands stock offers an inflation-crushing dividend yield of 8.3%, paying $0.32 per share on an annual basis.
You see, ACCO’s dividend is much higher than one would get holding a dividend aristocrat’s stock or even many utility stocks.
And it’s important to note that this is not a dividend trap. ACCO Brands stock is backed by a business that has seen several business cycles and has a global presence. Plus, ACCO’s management continues to believe in paying shareholders.
Wall Street analysts are projecting that the company will hit sales of $1.54 billion in 2025 and $1.57 billion in 2026. Its earnings per share are expected to increase from $0.88 per share in 2025 to $1.08 per share in 2026. (Source: “Analysis,” Yahoo! Finance, last accessed August 20, 2025.)
Mind you, ACCO Brands hasn’t just been paying a decent dividend to investors. It has also been increasing shareholder value through buybacks.
In the second quarter of 2025 for example, the company repurchased 3.2 million in ACCO Brands stock for $15.1 million. (Source: “ACCO BRANDS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS,” ACCO Brands Corp, July 31, 2025.)
Reducing the share count increases investors’ ownership in the company.
ACCO Stock Setting Up for a Big Jump?
When it comes to ACCO Brands’ stock price action, there are several bullish developments that shouldn’t be overlooked.
First of all, ACCO Brands stock is holding fairly well above its 50-day moving average (MA) since June. It briefly dropped below this MA in early August, but had recovered since.
At its core, this tells us that the short-term trend on ACCO Brands stock is starting to point upwards, and investors could be using the 50-day MA as a buying point.
Next, pay very close attention to the price range between $3.80 and $3.40. Over the past few months, ACCO stock has traded in this range. In technical analysis terms, there seems to be some base-building happening here. This is encouraging.
It hints that sellers aren’t able to take the stock price lower, and there are buyers accumulating.
Lastly, on the chart, take a look at the moving average convergence-divergence (MACD), a momentum indicator. As ACCO Brands stock has traded in a range, the MACD has trended upwards. It’s currently in positive territory, too.
Speaking from experience, I can say that whenever you see this sort of disparity between the stock price and the MACD—where the stock is trading sideways/trending down, but the momentum indicator is pointing upward—a massive move to the upside is usually brewing.
Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com
The Lowdown on ACCO Brands Stock
ACCO Brands stock is offering an opportunity like none other. The stock has been beaten down as investors have turned sour, but the business remains intact here.
In fact, in the coming quarters, business is expected to improve. And that’s not just the management talking; Wall Street analysts agree.
ACCO Brands stock is a solid small-cap dividend payer. At the current price, the dividend yield is 8.3%. And looking at the financial performance, and what’s ahead for the company, I can say that this isn’t a dividend trap stock.
In addition to all this, the company’s management has been buying back its own shares. While this does mean more ownership for existing shareholders, it also means that management believes that ACCO Brands stock is undervalued.
Lastly, as per the most recent data, Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC, BlackRock Inc, and The Vanguard Group, Inc. are the biggest holders of ACCO Brands stock. Combined, these three institutional investors own over 20 million shares. All together, institutional investors hold over 86% of the outstanding shares. (Source: “Holders,” Yahoo! Finance, last accessed August 20, 2025.)
