Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) vs. Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) Financial Analysis

Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) and Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.6% of Acco Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Cimpress shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Acco Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Cimpress shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Acco Brands has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cimpress has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Acco Brands and Cimpress, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acco Brands	0	2	1	0	2.33
Cimpress	0	2	3	0	2.60

Acco Brands currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.54%. Cimpress has a consensus price target of $114.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.57%. Given Cimpress’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cimpress is more favorable than Acco Brands.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Acco Brands and Cimpress”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acco Brands	$1.52 billion	0.25	$41.30 million	$0.62	6.74
Cimpress	$3.74 billion	0.52	$95.87 million	$3.77	21.15

Cimpress has higher revenue and earnings than Acco Brands. Acco Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cimpress, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Acco Brands and Cimpress’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acco Brands	3.74%	12.57%	3.69%
Cimpress	2.57%	-18.83%	4.75%

Summary

Cimpress beats Acco Brands on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acco Brands

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. It offers its products under the AT-A-GLANCE, Barrilito, Derwent, Esselte, Five Star, Foroni, GBC, Hilroy, Kensington, Leitz, Marbig, Mead, NOBO, PowerA, Quartet, Rapid, Rexel, Swingline, Tilibra, Artline, and Spirax brand names. The company markets and sells its products through various channels, including mass retailers, e-tailers, discount, drug/grocery, and variety chains; warehouse clubs; hardware and specialty stores; independent office product dealers; office superstores; wholesalers; contract stationers; and technology specialty businesses, as well as sells products directly to commercial and consumer end-users through its e-commerce platform and direct sales organization. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Lake Zurich, Illinois.

About Cimpress

Cimpress plc provides various mass customization of printing and related products in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Vista, PrintBrothers, The Print Group, National Pen, and All Other Businesses. It offers printed and digital marketing products; internet-based canvas-print wall décor, business signage, and other printed products; business cards; and marketing materials, such as flyers and postcards, digital and marketing services, writing instruments, decorated apparel, promotional products and gifts, packaging, design services, textiles, and magazines and catalogs. The company also manufactures and markets custom writing instruments and promotional products, apparels, and gifts; and provides professional desktop publishing skill sets for local printers, print resellers, graphic artists, advertising agencies, and other customers. In addition, it offers graphic design services, do-it-yourself (DIY) design services, website services, and corporate solutions under the VistaPrint, VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista, Vista Corporate Solutions, and Vista x Wix brand names; and online printing solutions. Further, the company provides promotional and packaging products, logo apparel, books and magazines, wall decors, photo merchandise, invitations and announcements, and other categories; website design and hosting, and email marketing services, as well as order referral and other third-party offerings. The company serves various businesses, graphic designers, resellers, and printers, as well as teams, associations, groups, consumers, and families. Cimpress plc was founded in 1994 and is based in Dundalk, Ireland.