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Acme United Corporation.

ACU Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

Acme United Corporation.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $196.5 million, up 1.05% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 16.2%, EPS grew 4.76%, free cash flow grew 155.6% and total debt rose 22.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

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Market cap: $237.5M
P/E: 23.9×
Fwd P/E: 31.0×
Dividend yield: 1.04%
F-score: 6/9
Altman Z: 4.50
Beneish M: −2.61
Dividend safety: 82/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.71

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	4	—	—

Insider Ownership 11.26%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 237.54

Revenue 211.60

Net Income 9.81

Free Cash Flow 15.48

Net Debt 27.29

Current Ratio 3.23

Debt/Equity 0.27

P/E ratio 23.94

Fwd P/E 31.00

P/S ratio 1.11

P/B ratio 1.94

Past 5Y EPS Growth 1.51%

This Y EPS Growth 16.06%

Next Y EPS Growth (4.84%)

Next Y revenue growth 14.99%

Next 5Y EPS Growth (6.58%)

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 92.04%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 98.75%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 93.55%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.75%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 40.33%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.27

Annual Dividend Rate 0.64

Annual Dividend Yield 1.04%

	total	individual payouts
2026	0.64	0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
2025	0.62	0.15 0.15 0.16 0.16
2024	0.60	0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
2023	0.56	0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14
2022	0.54	0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14
2021	0.52	0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13
2020	0.48	0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12
2019	0.48	0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12
2018	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2017	0.42	0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11
2016	0.40	0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	6	6	4	5
Receivables	26	28	29	39
Inventory	55	56	60	64
Other	—	—	—	—
	92	95	96	112

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	12	9	8	14
ST’ Debt	0	0	0	0
Other	—	—	—	19
	26	23	23	35

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	5.99%	3.69%	0.44%
Cash Flow	32.66%	26.08%	84.73%
Earnings	7.83%	4.69%	49.72%
Book Value	10.54%	13.40%	14.17%

Revenue $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	52	63	—	—	—
’25	46	54	49	48	197
’24	45	55	48	46	194
’23	46	53	50	42	192
’22	43	57	50	44	194
’21	44	45	48	46	182
’20	36	44	43	41	164

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(2)	13	—	—	—
’25	(3)	6	7	8	18
’24	(10)	7	9	6	12
’23	8	3	11	7	29
’22	(5)	0	(2)	10	3
’21	0	0	3	2	5
’20	1	(3)	4	4	6

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	(4)	12	—	—	—
’25	(5)	5	0	7	8
’24	(12)	4	8	5	5
’23	7	1	10	6	24
’22	(6)	(2)	(3)	9	(2)
’21	(2)	(1)	1	1	(1)
’20	0	(4)	3	3	3

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Year
’26	0.24	1.22	—	—	—
’25	0.41	1.16	0.46	0.46	2.49
’24	0.39	1.09	0.54	0.41	2.45
’23	0.28	0.96	0.58	2.87	4.86
’22	0.22	0.71	0.02	(0.17)	0.82
’21	0.52	1.82	0.50	0.60	3.45
’20	0.36	0.92	0.46	0.54	2.31

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	13.01	20.20	13.50	14.00	17.10	29.65	21.11	21.30	32.85	34.35	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	26.66	29.49	24.98	24.51	35.49	48.31	35.59	44.86	50.99	45.25
People
People	Employees	400	421	435	441	552	654	619	645	633	649
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.30	0.28	0.31	0.30	0.31	0.30
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	125	131	137	142	164	182	194	192	194	197
	Gross margin, %	36.57	36.69	36.88	36.50	36.34	35.59	32.77	37.71	39.26	39.39
	EBT	7	6	6	7	10	15	4	23	12	13
	EBT margin, %	6.02	4.97	4.03	4.59	5.99	8.33	1.89	11.87	6.32	6.67
	Net income	6	4	5	6	8	14	3	18	10	10
	Depreciation	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	37.43	38.90	40.74	42.50	49.07	52.46	54.98	53.61	52.55	51.90
	Earnings	1.76	1.21	1.36	1.65	2.42	3.93	0.86	4.98	2.71	2.69
	Cash flow	2.66	1.43	1.33	4.39	1.71	1.48	0.82	8.09	3.24	4.81
	Capex	(0.55)	(2.13)	(0.96)	(0.50)	(0.77)	(1.84)	(1.31)	(1.39)	(1.93)	(2.81)
	Free cash flow	2.11	(0.70)	0.37	3.89	0.94	(0.35)	(0.49)	6.70	1.30	2.00
	Book value	13.86	14.88	15.53	16.62	18.77	22.21	22.40	27.41	28.91	31.06
	Shares, m	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	13.49	18.84	10.40	14.42	12.45	8.40	24.94	8.60	13.72	14.99
	P/S	0.63	0.59	0.35	0.56	0.61	0.64	0.39	0.79	0.71	0.78
	P/B	1.71	1.54	0.92	1.43	1.61	1.52	0.97	1.55	1.29	1.30
	EV/Sales	0.85	0.88	0.64	0.77	0.87	0.86	0.67	0.89	0.82	0.87
	EV/FCF	15.11	(48.72)	71.52	8.68	51.58	(97.15)	(62.47)	7.21	37.79	24.48
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	9	5	4	15	6	5	3	29	12	18
	Capex	(2)	(7)	(3)	(2)	(3)	(6)	(5)	(5)	(7)	(11)
	Free cash flow	7	(2)	1	13	3	(1)	(2)	24	5	8
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	52	61	60	57	63	75	83	66	73	73
	Total debt	33	47	44	37	45	45	61	24	28	22
	Net debt	27	38	40	30	41	40	54	18	22	18
	Shareholders’ equity	46	50	52	56	63	77	79	98	107	118
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	6.75	3.92	4.10	5.01	6.73	9.96	1.97	11.35	6.44	6.11
	ROIC	7.21	5.60	5.07	6.16	6.86	6.84	2.94	7.10	6.88	6.78
	ROE	13.10	8.44	8.99	10.21	13.68	19.54	3.89	20.11	9.78	9.07

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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HNST The Honest Company, Inc.	$549.3M	— (loss-making)	105×	−10.87% (below 0%: shrinking)	+233.33% (above 0%: growing)	+3,911.74% (above 0%: growing)	48.45%	11.50%	Compare
MAGN Magnera Corporation	$402.8M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	+2.15% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−115.38% (below 0%: shrinking)	13.07%	2.57%	Compare
NUS Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.	$253.6M	— (loss-making)	5.9×	−17.10% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−86.06% (below 0%: shrinking)	68.20%	(18.53%)	Compare
ACU Acme United Corporation.	$237.5M	23.9×	31.0×	+16.15% (above 0%: growing)	+4.76% (above 0%: growing)	+155.61% (above 0%: growing)	42.55%	10.89%
YSG Yatsen Holding Limited Sponsored ADR	$169.0M	— (loss-making)	32.2×	+10.97% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+14.56% (above 0%: growing)	73.88%	(11.55%)	Compare
MLKMF Waldencast PLC	$111.9M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	—	n/m	−345.38% (below 0%: shrinking)	46.91%	0.00%	Compare
SKIN SkinHealth Systems Inc.	$82.0M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−7.77% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−81.89% (below 0%: shrinking)	68.42%	4.95%	Compare
SLSN Solesence, Inc.	$62.8M	— (loss-making)	—	−24.69% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+86.52% (above 0%: growing)	30.97%	0.79%	Compare
Median of peers	$211.3M	—	20.8×	−7.77%	—	−33.66%	50.32%	1.68%

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Acme United Corporation. (ACU) key facts

Strength: Acme United Corporation.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $196.5 million, up 1.05% from fiscal 2024.
Strength: Net income was $10.2 million, or $2.69 per share (basic), a net margin of 5.18%.
Acme United Corporation. (ACU) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on NYSE American.
As of October 16, 2026, ACU traded at $61.52, a market capitalization of $237.5 million.
At that price the stock trades at 23.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 92% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Acme United Corporation. pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share, a yield of 1.04%, with a payout ratio of 26.9%.
Return on equity was 9.07% and debt-to-equity 0.27.
Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.50 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.