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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.

Revenue
+16.2%
EPS
+4.76%
Free cash flow
+155.6%
Total debt
+22.2%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

69.22 1.53 −2.16%
Market cap
$263.9M
P/E
26.9×
Fwd P/E
25.5×
Dividend yield
0.92%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.50
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
82/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 3.16
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — 1 — — 4 — 2 2
Insider Ownership 11.26%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 263.92
Revenue ttm 211.60
Net income ttm 9.81
Free cash flow ttm 15.48
Net debt Q 27.29
Valuation
P/E 26.93
Forward P/E 25.50
Price / sales 1.25
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 17.77
Price / book 2.18
Financial health
Current ratio Q 3.23 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.27 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 12.84
Growth
Revenue growth Q +16.15% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +6.89% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +15.86% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +10.05%
Revenue, next year A +15.50% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs +1.51%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +4.36%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 1.4×, against a ten-year median of 0.9×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.6× in 2016 to 1.4× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 95.71%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 99.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 98.02%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 99.93%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 46.27%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised 6 years running

Yield
0.92%
Annual rate
0.64
Payout ratio
26.9%
Growth, 2018–26
+4.80%/yr
  1. 0.44 ’18
  2. 0.48 ’19 +9
  3. 0.48 ’20 +0
  4. 0.52 ’21 +8
  5. 0.54 ’22 +4
  6. 0.56 ’23 +4
  7. 0.60 ’24 +7
  8. 0.62 ’25 +3
  9. 0.64 ’26 +3
paid change on the year, %

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%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 0.71 Actual 0.80

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 0.46 0.46 Met by 0.00
Q1 FY26 0.55 0.24 Miss by 0.31
Q2 FY26 0.48 1.22 Beat by 0.74
Q3 FY26 0.71 0.80 Beat by 0.09
Q4 FY26 0.77 — Reports 25 February 2027

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 125 131 137 142 164 182 194 192 194 197 212 +5.2% 227 234 244 +7.5%
Gross margin, % 36.57 36.69 36.88 36.50 36.34 35.59 32.77 37.71 39.26 39.39 40.08 +2.8 pt
EBT 7 6 6 7 10 15 4 23 12 13 12 +6.4%
EBT margin, % 6.02 4.97 4.03 4.59 5.99 8.33 1.89 11.87 6.32 6.67 5.89 +0.6 pt
Net income 6 4 5 6 8 14 3 18 10 10 10 +6.4%
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 55.39 +3.7%
Earnings 1.76 1.21 1.36 1.65 2.42 3.93 0.86 4.98 2.71 2.69 2.57 +4.8%
Cash flow 2.66 1.43 1.33 4.39 1.71 1.48 0.82 8.09 3.24 4.81 6.84 +6.8%
Capex (0.55) (2.13) (0.96) (0.50) (0.77) (1.84) (1.31) (1.39) (1.93) (2.81) (2.78) +19.8%
Free cash flow 2.11 (0.70) 0.37 3.89 0.94 (0.35) (0.49) 6.70 1.30 2.00 4.05 (0.6%)
Book value 13.86 14.88 15.53 16.62 18.77 22.21 22.40 27.41 28.91 31.06 31.75 +9.4%
Shares, m 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 +1.4%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.49 18.84 10.40 14.42 12.45 8.40 24.94 8.60 13.72 14.99 26.93 14.0
P/S 0.63 0.59 0.35 0.56 0.61 0.64 0.39 0.79 0.71 0.78 1.25 0.6
P/B 1.71 1.54 0.92 1.43 1.61 1.52 0.97 1.55 1.29 1.30 2.18 1.4
EV/Sales 0.85 0.88 0.64 0.77 0.87 0.86 0.67 0.89 0.82 0.87 1.38 0.8
EV/FCF 15.11 (48.72) 71.52 8.68 51.58 (97.15) (62.47) 7.21 37.79 24.48 19.60 0.8
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 9 5 4 15 6 5 3 29 12 18 26 +8.4%
Capex (2) (7) (3) (2) (3) (6) (5) (5) (7) (11) (11) +21.6%
Free cash flow 7 (2) 1 13 3 (1) (2) 24 5 8 15 +0.9%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 52 61 60 57 63 75 83 66 73 73 78 +3.9%
Net debt 27 38 40 30 41 40 54 18 22 18 27 (4.3%)
Shareholders’ equity 46 50 52 56 63 77 79 98 107 118 121 +11.0%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.75 3.92 4.10 5.01 6.73 9.96 1.97 11.35 6.44 6.11 5.28 (0.6) pt
ROIC 7.21 5.60 5.07 6.16 6.86 6.84 2.94 7.10 6.88 6.78 6.09 (0.4) pt
ROE 13.10 8.44 8.99 10.21 13.68 19.54 3.89 20.11 9.78 9.07 8.35 (4.0) pt
People
People Employees 400 421 435 441 552 654 619 645 633 649 — +5.5%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.30 0.28 0.31 0.30 0.31 0.30 — (0.3%)
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Acme United Corporation. vs peers in Household & Personal Products (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ODD ODDITY Tech Ltd. $939.6M 67.9× — (loss-making) −25.14% (below 0%: shrinking) −68.97% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.74% (below 0%: shrinking) 68.66% (0.70%) Compare
HELE Helen of Troy Limited $883.5M — (loss-making) 8.1× +2.12% (above 0%: growing) n/m +304.51% (above 0%: growing) 52.19% 5.20% Compare
HNST The Honest Company, Inc. $476.3M 6.1× 44.9× −8.60% (below 0%: shrinking) +12,241.18% (above 0%: growing) −662.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.99% 1.37% Compare
MAGN Magnera Corporation $433.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +2.15% (above 0%: growing) n/m −115.38% (below 0%: shrinking) 13.07% 2.57% Compare
ACU Acme United Corporation. $263.9M 26.9× 25.5× +16.15% (above 0%: growing) +4.76% (above 0%: growing) +155.61% (above 0%: growing) 42.55% 10.89%
NUS Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. $220.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −17.10% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −86.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 68.20% (18.53%) Compare
YSG Yatsen Holding Limited Sponsored ADR $118.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +10.97% (above 0%: growing) n/m +14.56% (above 0%: growing) 73.88% (11.55%) Compare
SKIN SkinHealth Systems Inc. $67.4M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −2.10% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +19.12% (above 0%: growing) 68.16% 7.20% Compare
SLSN Solesence, Inc. $61.2M — (loss-making) — −24.69% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +86.52% (above 0%: growing) 30.97% 0.79% Compare
Median of peers $327.0M — — −5.35% — +3.41% 60.18% 1.08%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 27 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 1.67m 1.48m 194.00
2024 1.23m 1.07m 177.00
2023 1.84m 2.46m 200.00

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 29.50%
Walter C. Johnsen 15.90%
The Capital Management Corporation 14.20%
Mink Brook Capital GP LLC 9.50%
North Star Investment Management 6.60%
Brian S. Olschan 6.10%
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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