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.

61.52 0.44 −0.71%
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

Acme United Corporation. (ACU) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Acme United Corporation. (ACU) trades at a P/E ratio of 23.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.4× (July 2024) to 34.1× (August 2023); the current reading is higher than 93% of that period. That is in line with the Household & Personal Products industry median of 23.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 15.0× 9.19%
FY2024 13.7× 59.51%
FY2023 8.6× (65.50%)
FY2022 24.9× 196.79%
FY2021 8.4× (32.50%)
FY2020 12.5× (13.65%)
FY2019 14.4× 38.62%
FY2018 10.4× (44.78%)
FY2017 18.8× 39.59%
FY2016 13.5× 11.68%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 18.6× 3.78%
Mar 2026 17.9× 19.40%
Dec 2025 15.0× (3.20%)
Sep 2025 15.5× 3.08%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.4× High 34.1×
Ten-year median 13.9×
Current reading's percentile 92

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ACU Acme United Corporation. 23.9×
Household & Personal Products industry median 23.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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