Growth Metrics

Acco Brands (ACCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Acco Brands has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.0% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.0% for Q4 2025, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.0% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.01%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.0% at Acco Brands, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ACCO hit a ceiling of 0.07% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 0.1% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: dropped -14bps in 2024 and later rose 15bps in 2025.
  • Acco Brands' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.06% in 2021, then plummeted by -98bps to 0.0% in 2022, then plummeted by -644bps to 0.01% in 2023, then plummeted by -252bps to 0.03% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 101bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.