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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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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 13.01 | 20.20 | 13.50 | 14.00 | 17.10 | 29.65 | 21.11 | 21.30 | 32.85 | 34.35 |
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| 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 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELE Helen of Troy Limited | $690.7M | — (loss-making) | 9.3× | +2.12% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +304.51% (above 0%: growing) | 52.19% | 5.20% | Compare |
| 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% |
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.