Acme United Corporation. ACU
62.75
(0.56)
(0.88%)
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $242.7M
- P/E
- 24.4×
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| Dec '16 | Dec '17 | Dec '18 | Dec '19 | Dec '20 | Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
13.49 | 18.84 | 10.40 | 14.42 | 12.45 | 8.40 | 24.94 | 8.60 | 13.72 | 14.99 |
P/S ratio |
0.63 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.39 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.78 |
P/FCF ratio |
11.26 | 0.00 | 39.21 | 6.32 | 36.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.44 | 32.70 | 21.88 |
P/Operating CF |
10.87 | 12.84 | 5.35 | 10.73 | 25.30 | 54.11 | 7.29 | 21.02 | 21.68 | 18.73 |
P/B ratio |
1.71 | 1.54 | 0.92 | 1.43 | 1.61 | 1.52 | 0.97 | 1.55 | 1.29 | 1.30 |
Price to Tangible BV |
2.80 | 2.82 | 1.57 | 2.26 | 2.57 | 2.12 | 1.53 | 2.15 | 1.80 | 1.73 |
EV/Sales |
0.85 | 0.88 | 0.64 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.87 |
EV/EBITDA |
9.76 | 10.69 | 8.20 | 9.24 | 9.36 | 9.31 | 12.01 | 9.31 | 7.89 | 8.09 |
EV/Operating CF |
11.98 | 23.95 | 19.58 | 7.45 | 24.82 | 30.47 | 45.21 | 5.90 | 13.33 | 9.37 |
EV/FCF |
15.11 | (48.72) | 71.52 | 8.68 | 51.58 | (97.15) | (62.47) | 7.21 | 37.79 | 24.48 |
Quick Ratio |
2.02 | 2.11 | 2.21 | 1.95 | 1.55 | 1.93 | 1.78 | 1.22 | 1.51 | 1.43 |
Current Ratio |
5.07 | 4.64 | 5.46 | 4.41 | 4.14 | 4.70 | 4.77 | 3.54 | 4.17 | 4.21 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
2.49 | 3.53 | 3.70 | 2.52 | 2.72 | 2.36 | 4.98 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.86 |
Debt/Assets |
35.77% | 41.34% | 40.19% | 33.12% | 35.00% | 30.81% | 37.12% | 15.95% | 17.21% | 12.71% |
Debt/Equity |
0.71 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.77 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.18 |
Asset Turnover |
1.44 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.29 | 1.36 | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.18 |
Operating CF/Net income |
1.51 | 1.19 | 0.97 | 2.67 | 0.71 | 0.38 | 0.95 | 1.62 | 1.19 | 1.79 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.76) | (2.47) | (1.00) | (0.49) | (0.68) | (1.57) | (1.00) | (0.97) | (1.17) | (1.67) |
Interest Coverage |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 13.10% | 8.44% | 8.99% | 10.21% | 13.68% | 19.54% | 3.89% | 20.11% | 9.78% | 9.07% | |
| 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% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
9.73% | 5.42% | 6.20% | 7.81% | 9.67% | 13.79% | 2.76% | 18.92% | 9.61% | 9.10% |
Average Days of Receivables |
58.66 | 72.73 | 66.72 | 65.30 | 60.48 | 68.60 | 61.35 | 50.00 | 52.99 | 54.04 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
29.79% | 30.65% | 31.45% | 30.59% | 29.38% | 28.57% | 29.53% | 30.82% | 31.99% | 31.89% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.17 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
0.35% | 0.52% | 0.63% | 0.68% | 0.77% | 0.99% | 0.93% | 1.01% | 1.12% | 1.01% |
Graham Net Nets |
0.24 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.28 |
Graham Number |
23.43 | 20.21 | 21.88 | 24.84 | 31.97 | 44.76 | 20.94 | 55.25 | 42.06 | 43.36 |
Earnings Yield |
7.41% | 5.31% | 9.61% | 6.94% | 8.03% | 11.90% | 4.01% | 11.62% | 7.29% | 6.67% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
8.88% | (3.07%) | 2.55% | 15.83% | 2.73% | (1.38%) | (2.73%) | 15.53% | 3.06% | 4.57% |
Revenue per Share |
37.43 | 38.90 | 40.74 | 42.50 | 49.07 | 52.46 | 54.98 | 53.61 | 52.55 | 51.90 |
Operating CF per Share |
2.66 | 1.43 | 1.33 | 4.39 | 1.71 | 1.48 | 0.82 | 8.09 | 3.24 | 4.81 |
Capex per Share |
(0.55) | (2.13) | (0.96) | (0.50) | (0.77) | (1.84) | (1.31) | (1.39) | (1.93) | (2.81) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
2.11 | (0.70) | 0.37 | 3.89 | 0.94 | (0.35) | (0.49) | 6.70 | 1.30 | 2.00 |
Cash per Share |
1.78 | 2.78 | 1.31 | 2.04 | 1.25 | 1.40 | 1.94 | 1.55 | 1.73 | 0.95 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
13.86 | 14.88 | 15.53 | 16.62 | 18.77 | 22.21 | 22.40 | 27.41 | 28.91 | 31.06 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
13.86 | 14.88 | 15.53 | 16.62 | 18.77 | 22.21 | 22.40 | 27.41 | 28.91 | 31.06 |
Free Cash Flow |
7.02 | (2.34) | 1.24 | 13.02 | 3.15 | (1.23) | (1.71) | 23.92 | 4.83 | 7.58 |
Working Capital |
52.14 | 61.03 | 59.63 | 56.56 | 63.49 | 74.98 | 83.47 | 66.01 | 72.59 | 73.32 |
Capital Expenditures |
(1.84) | (7.15) | (3.23) | (1.68) | (2.57) | (6.37) | (4.60) | (4.98) | (7.15) | (10.65) |
Net Current Asset Value |
19.02 | 13.03 | 15.85 | 18.10 | 16.53 | 27.89 | 20.25 | 40.68 | 40.27 | 42.81 |
EV/EBIT |
12.56 | 14.62 | 11.75 | 13.00 | 12.44 | 12.27 | 20.84 | 12.92 | 11.29 | 11.60 |
Capex to Sales |
0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Net Profit Margin |
4.70% | 3.10% | 3.35% | 3.87% | 4.94% | 7.50% | 1.56% | 9.29% | 5.15% | 5.18% |
Price to Operating Income |
9.36 | 9.78 | 6.44 | 9.46 | 8.82 | 9.16 | 12.20 | 11.54 | 9.77 | 10.37 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.30 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.17 |
Cash ROIC |
1.04% | (8.36%) | (9.99%) | 0.67% | (12.92%) | (14.94%) | (16.01%) | 0.69% | (13.93%) | (14.21%) |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
6.29 | 5.67 | 5.37 | 5.63 | 6.23 | 5.93 | 5.81 | 6.51 | 7.14 | 6.86 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
11.29 | 8.94 | 9.06 | 12.33 | 14.61 | 14.15 | 13.38 | 10.55 | 11.19 | 13.96 |
Inventory Turnover |
2.17 | 2.14 | 2.13 | 2.24 | 2.32 | 2.25 | 2.23 | 2.01 | 2.11 | 2.05 |
Average Days of Payables |
33.90 | 49.24 | 33.62 | 27.01 | 26.57 | 27.94 | 29.43 | 37.03 | 27.82 | 24.71 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
172.01 | 177.03 | 174.06 | 158.42 | 177.26 | 166.66 | 177.25 | 169.72 | 173.80 | 183.37 |
Average Receivables |
19.79 | 23.02 | 25.56 | 25.29 | 26.33 | 30.70 | 33.41 | 29.42 | 27.24 | 28.67 |
Average Payables |
7.00 | 9.24 | 9.57 | 7.34 | 7.15 | 8.29 | 9.75 | 11.31 | 10.55 | 8.54 |
Average Inventory |
36.37 | 38.66 | 40.71 | 40.30 | 44.98 | 52.13 | 58.44 | 59.40 | 55.86 | 58.05 |
Average Assets |
86.74 | 103.40 | 112.10 | 110.11 | 120.31 | 137.15 | 154.41 | 156.81 | 155.71 | 166.58 |
Average Common Equity |
44.65 | 48.03 | 51.14 | 54.02 | 59.21 | 69.90 | 78.06 | 88.46 | 102.44 | 112.30 |
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