Acme United Corporation (ACU)

NYSEAMERICAN: ACU · USD

$69.5

+0.51 (+0.7%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	266.5M
Revenue (ttm)	220.6M
Net income (ttm)	11.3M
EPS (ttm)	$2.75
Shares out	3.8M
P/E (trailing)	25.2x
P/E (forward)	26.1x
Dividend	$0.64 (0.92%)
Volume	45,742.856
Beta	0.35

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 220.6M
Net income (ttm): 11.3M
EPS (ttm): $2.75
P/E (trailing): 25.2x
P/E (forward): 26.1x
Market cap: 266.5M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-11-04 14:30 UTC

Forward P/E26.1

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Trailing P/E25.2

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ROE9.4

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ROIC6.1

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000002098
Company name	Acme United Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	004816104
Earnings date	2026-10-27
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	649
Employees change	16
Employees growth	2.53%
Enterprise value	$305.5M
Exchange	NYSEAMERICAN
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1867
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Household & Personal Products
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US0048161048
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-11
Last earnings date	2026-10-27
Last refreshed	2026-11-04
Last stock split date	1983-07-26
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$266.5M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-02-25
Options	No
Price	$69.50
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Staples
SIC code	3420
Stock price date	2026-11-03
Symbol	ACU
U.S. state	Connecticut
Website	https://www.acmeunited.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	14.71x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	13.75x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	15.12x
Earnings yield	3.96%
EV/Earnings	26.92x
EV/EBIT	25.59x
EV/EBITDA	15.67x
EV/FCF	19.73x
EV/Sales	1.38x
FCF / EV yield	5.07%
FCF yield	5.81%
Forward EV/Sales	1.67x
Forward P/E	26.05x
Forward P/S	1.46x
Graham number	44.47888
Graham upside	-36%
Industry forward P/E	20.76x
Industry P/E	23.42x
Lynch fair value	$13.76
Lynch upside	-80.2%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	19.61x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	11x
P/B ratio	2.18x
P/E ratio	25.25x
P/FCF ratio	17.21x
P/OCF ratio	10.2x
P/S ratio	1.21x
PEG ratio	5.21x
Price / tangible book value	3.23x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.67x
Sector forward P/E	22.07x
Sector P/E	28.44x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	5.41%
EBITDA margin	8.84%
Effective tax rate	18.25%
FCF margin	7.32%
Gross margin	39.86%
Operating margin	5.41%
Pretax margin	6.29%
Profit margin	5.14%
Profit per employee	$17,481
Profitable quarters	14
Profitable years	27
Revenue per employee	$339,836
ROA	3.92%
ROA (5Y)	4.96%
ROCE	6.71%
ROE	9.43%
ROE (5Y)	12.48%
ROIC	6.13%
ROIC (5Y)	7.93%
SBC / revenue	0.9%
Tax / revenue	1.15%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	12.34%
EPS growth (Q)	73.91%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-34.43%
EPS growth 10Y	5.57%
EPS growth 3Y	17.99%
EPS growth 5Y	-4.32%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	26.67%
FCF growth 3Y	1.53%
FCF growth 5Y	33.73%
Gross profit growth	14.14%
Gross profit growth (Q)	25.55%
Gross profit growth 3Y	7.95%
Gross profit growth 5Y	6.62%
Net income growth	13.28%
Net income growth (Q)	80.5%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-31.99%
Net income growth 3Y	23.74%
Net income growth 5Y	-3.22%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	43.17%
OCF growth 10Y	38.03%
OCF growth 3Y	11.97%
OCF growth 5Y	26.02%
Operating income growth	-15.37%
Operating income growth (Q)	-24.74%
Operating income growth 3Y	2.55%
Operating income growth 5Y	-1.1%
Revenue growth	13.13%
Revenue growth (Q)	18.24%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-7.5%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.16%
Revenue growth 3Y	4.43%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.48%
Revenue growth quarters	4
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-10.6M
Depreciation and amortization	$7.6M
EBIT	$11.9M
EBITDA	$19.5M
EPS	$2.75
FCF per share	$4.04
Financing cash flow	$2M
Free cash flow	$15.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$13.6M
Gross profit	$87.9M
Income taxes	$2.5M
Investing cash flow	$-26.7M
Net borrowing	$5.8M
Net cash flow	$1.4M
Net income	$11.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$24.2M
Operating income	$11.9M
Revenue	$220.6M
Stock-based compensation	$1.9M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$31.94
Debt / EBITDA	2.25
Debt / equity	0.38
Debt / FCF	3.03
Goodwill	$9.9M
Interest coverage	5.76
Long-term assets	$91M
Long-term liabilities	$53M
Net cash (debt)	$-39M
Net cash / market cap	-14.64%
Net debt / EBITDA	2
Net debt / equity	0.31
Net debt / FCF	2.52
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$48.6M
Shareholders' equity	$124.9M
Tangible book value	$82.5M
Tangible book value per share	$21.11
Total assets	$207.9M
Total cash	$7.9M
Total debt	$47M
Total liabilities	$83M
WACC	5.78%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.16
Current assets	$116.9M
Current liabilities	$30M
Current ratio	3.89
Inventory turnover	2.05
Net working capital	$80.6M
Quick ratio	1.47
Working capital	$86.9M
Working capital turnover	2.7

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.43%
Dividend growth	3.23%
Dividend growth (10Y)	4.81%
Dividend growth (3Y)	4.55%
Dividend growth (5Y)	4.24%
Dividend growth years	5
Dividend payment date	2026-10-22
Dividend payment years	23
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.64
Dividend yield	0.92%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-02
FCF payout ratio	15.85%
Last dividend	$0.16
Payout ratio	23.25%
Shareholder yield	0.49%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	223.26%
10Y return CAGR	14.54%
10Y total return	288.66%
150-day SMA	$52.81
15Y price change	648.12%
15Y return CAGR	16.65%
15Y total return	907.52%
1D price change	0.74%
1M price change	9.45%
1M total return	9.45%
1W price change	5.66%
1W total return	5.66%
1Y price change	82.85%
1Y return CAGR	85.4%
1Y total return	85.32%
20-day SMA	$64.07
200-day SMA	$50.56
20Y price change	388.06%
20Y return CAGR	10.39%
20Y total return	622.03%
3M price change	22.23%
3M total return	22.54%
3Y price change	105.74%
3Y return CAGR	29.04%
3Y total return	114.93%
50-day SMA	$63.15
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$70.00
52-week high date	2026-11-03
52-week low	$35.50
52-week low date	2025-11-20
5Y price change	82.08%
5Y return CAGR	14.66%
5Y total return	98.17%
6M price change	66.19%
6M total return	67.16%
All-time high	$70.00
All-time high date	2026-11-03
All-time low	$0.81
All-time low date	1999-12-16
Average true range (ATR)	$2.14
Average volume	36K
Beta (1Y)	-0.14
Beta (2Y)	0.35
Beta (5Y)	0.35
Change from 52-week high	-0.71%
Change from 52-week low	95.78%
Change from all-time high	-0.71%
Change from all-time low	8,453.85%
Change from open	3.73%
Day's gap	-2.88%
Dollar volume	$3.2M
High price	$70.00
Low price	$67.00
Monthly RSI	77.17
Open price	$67.00
Position in 52-week range	83.33%
Previous close	$68.99
Price vs 150-day SMA	31.6%
Price vs 20-day SMA	8.47%
Price vs 200-day SMA	37.45%
Price vs 50-day SMA	10.06%
Relative volume	1.27
RSI	73.15
Sharpe ratio	1.99
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.83
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.46
Sortino ratio	3.86
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.5
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.87
Volume	45.7K
Weekly RSI	78.08
YTD price change	72.41%
YTD total return	74.74%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	3M
Float percentage	78.02%
Shares change (QoQ)	3.74%
Shares change (YoY)	0.43%
Shares held by insiders	12.05%
Shares held by institutions	61.47%
Shares outstanding	3.8M
Short % of float	2.6%
Short % of shares	2.03%
Short ratio	1.8 days

Deeper analysis on ACU

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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