ACU
Acme United Corporation
Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
AMEX
$44.55
52W $35 – $47
16.7×
P/E TTM
11.03
PEG
22.4×
P/FCF
P/Book
0.9×
P/Sales
9.2×
EV/EBITDA
26.2×
EV/FCF
1.0×
EV/Sales
1.4%
Div Yield
5.2%
Net Margin
3.9%
FCF Margin
-55.6%
ROIC
$44.55
USDFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue196.54M194.49M191.50M193.96M182.09M
YoY Growth+1.1%+1.6%-1.3%+6.5%
Gross Profit77.41M76.35M72.21M63.56M64.80M
Gross Margin39.4%39.3%37.7%32.8%35.6%
R&D
SG&A62.69M62.21M59.02M57.28M52.03M
EBIT15.22M14.38M25.83M6.06M16.10M
EBIT Margin7.7%7.4%13.5%3.1%8.8%
D&A6.35M6.07M5.07M4.54M4.21M
EBITDA21.57M20.44M30.90M10.59M20.30M
EBITDA Margin11.0%10.5%16.1%5.5%11.2%
Net Income10.19M10.02M17.79M3.03M13.66M
Net Margin5.2%5.2%9.3%1.6%7.5%
EPS (diluted)$2.49$2.45$4.86$0.82$3.45
Shares (dil., M)44444

Company Brief

Acme United Corporation supplies first aid and safety, cutting, sharpening, and measuring products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company offers scissors, shears, knives, rulers, pencil sharpeners, paper trimmers, safety cutters, lettering products, glue guns, and other craft products under the Westcott brand name; and cutting tools under the Clauss brand. It also provides fixed blades, folding knives, sight cutting tools, and tactical tools under the Camillus brand; fishing tools and knives, as well as cut and puncture resistant gloves, telescopic landing nets, net containment systems, and tools and fishing gaffs under the Cuda brand; and sharpening tools under the DMT brand. In addition, the company offers first aid kit and safety solutions under the First Aid Only brand; portable eyewash solution and over-the-counter medication, including active ingredients aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen under the PhysiciansCare brand; bodily fluid and spill clean-up solution under the Spill Magic brand; various first aid kit, refill, and safety supplies, including CPR kits, burn kits, and automotive and emergency first aid kits under the First Aid Central; and alcohol prep pads, alcohol wipes, benzalkonium chloride wipes, various antiseptic wipes, castile soaps, and lens cleaning wipes under the Med-Nap brand. It sells its products directly and through its independent manufacturer representatives to wholesale, contract, and retail stationery distributors; office supply super stores; school supply distributors; industrial distributors; wholesale florists; mass market and e-commerce retailers; and hardware chains, as well as sells a selection of products through its websites. The company was formerly known as Acme Shear Company and changed its name to Acme United Corporation in 1971. Acme United Corporation was founded in 1867 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

CEOWalter C. JohnsenEmployees633IPO Date1980-03-17CountryUSWebsitewww.acmeunited.com
Profitability (TTM)
Gross Margin39.4%
EBITDA Margin11.0%
EBIT Margin7.9%
Net Margin5.2%
FCF Margin3.9%
ROE8.9%
ROIC-55.6%
ROA5956.2%
ROCE-67.1%
Asset Turnover1149.38×
Capital Efficiency (TTM)
ROIC-55.6%
ROE8.9%
ROA5956.2%
ROCE-67.1%
Asset Turnover1149.38×
FCF Margin3.9%
Net Margin5.2%
Ownership
Insider buys (12m)
Insider sells (12m)
Float77.8%
Shares Out.3.8M
Analyst Price Targets
Mean Target
Median Target
High Target
Low Target
vs. Mean
Buy / Hold / Sell
Balance Sheet
Cash & ST Invest.$4K
Total Debt$28.7M
Net Cash / (Debt)-$28.7M
Total Assets$174.6M
Total Equity$117.6M
Goodwill & Intang.$29K
Tangible Book/sh$-14.93
Liquidity & Leverage
Current Ratio0.00×
Quick Ratio0.00×
D/E Ratio0.24×
Debt / Assets16793.8%
Net Debt / EBITDA1.33×
Interest Coverage12.38×
Beta (5yr)0.69
Growth (CAGR)
Revenue 1yr+1.1%
Revenue 3yr+0.4%
Revenue 5yr+1.9%
EPS 1yr+1.6%
EPS 3yr+44.8%
EPS 5yr-7.8%
FCF 5yr-43.7%
Dividend 5yr+4.2%
Dividends
Annual DPS$0.64
Yield (fwd)1.44%
Payout Ratio23.0%
Ex-div Date2026-03-25
Pay Date2026-04-15
DPS history
20212026
Capital Allocation (last FY)
Capex$10.7M
Capex / Revenue5.4%
SBC$2.0B
Dividends Paid$2.3M
Buybacks$0
Data: Financial Modeling Prep · Not investment adviceUpdated 3/31/2026