ACU · Acme United Corp - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $196.54M | $194.49M | $191.50M | $193.96M | $182.09M | $164.00M |
| Cost of Revenue | $119.13M | $118.14M | $119.29M | $130.40M | $117.29M | $104.41M |
| Gross Profit | $77.41M | $76.35M | $72.21M | $63.56M | $64.80M | $59.59M |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | $251.0K |
| SG&A | $62.69M | $62.21M | $59.02M | $57.29M | $52.03M | $48.18M |
| Total Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D&A | $6.35M | $6.07M | $5.01M | $4.58M | $4.05M | $3.84M |
| Operating Income | $14.72M | $14.14M | $13.19M | $6.27M | $12.77M | $11.41M |
| Interest Expense | $1.68M | $2.08M | $3.10M | $2.40M | $922.0K | $944.4K |
| Income Tax | $2.93M | $2.27M | $4.94M | $627.7K | $1.52M | $1.73M |
| Net Income | $10.18M | $10.02M | $17.79M | $3.03M | $13.66M | $8.10M |
| EPS - Basic | $2.69 | $2.71 | $4.98 | $0.86 | $3.93 | $2.42 |
| EPS - Diluted | $2.49 | $2.45 | $4.86 | $0.82 | $3.45 | $2.31 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $3.60M | $6.40M | $4.80M | $6.10M | $4.84M | $4.17M |
| Accounts Receivable | $29.10M | $28.24M | $26.23M | $32.60M | $34.22M | $27.17M |
| Inventory | $59.85M | $56.25M | $55.47M | $63.33M | $53.55M | $50.70M |
| Accounts Payable | $8.07M | $9.00M | $12.10M | $10.51M | $8.98M | $7.60M |
| Current Assets | $96.20M | $95.46M | $92.02M | $105.60M | $95.25M | $83.69M |
| Total Assets | $171.00M | $162.17M | $149.24M | $164.38M | $144.44M | $129.87M |
| Current Liabilities | $22.87M | $22.87M | $26.01M | $22.13M | $20.28M | $20.20M |
| Long-term Debt | $11.85M | $17.61M | $13.10M | $49.92M | $33.04M | $38.77M |
| Total Liabilities | $53.39M | $55.19M | $51.34M | $85.35M | $67.36M | $67.15M |
| Stockholders' Equity | $117.61M | $106.98M | $97.90M | $79.03M | $77.08M | $62.72M |
| Retained Earnings | $102.29M | $94.50M | $86.72M | $70.97M | $69.87M | $58.03M |
Cash Flow
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $18.23M | $11.98M | $28.90M | $2.89M | $5.14M | $5.72M |
| Investing Cash Flow | ($12.30M) | ($12.94M) | $7.43M | ($14.23M) | ($6.37M) | ($13.95M) |
| Financing Cash Flow | ($8.88M) | $2.00M | ($38.44M) | $14.28M | $2.04M | $5.29M |
| CapEx | $10.65M | $7.15M | $4.67M | $4.30M | $6.37M | $2.57M |
| Free Cash Flow | $7.58M | $4.83M | $24.23M | ($1.41M) | ($1.23M) | $3.15M |
Ratios
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 39.4% | 39.3% | 37.7% | 32.8% | 35.6% | 36.3% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 3.2% | 7.0% | 7.0% |
| EBITDA margin | 10.7% | 10.4% | 9.5% | 5.6% | 9.2% | 9.3% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 5.2% | 9.3% | 1.6% | 7.5% | 4.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.9% | 2.5% | 12.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 1.9% |
| FCF / Net income | 0.74 | 0.48 | 1.36 | -0.47 | -0.09 | 0.39 |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2% |
| SG&A / Revenue | 31.9% | 32.0% | 30.8% | 29.5% | 28.6% | 29.4% |
| Effective tax rate | 22.4% | 18.5% | 21.7% | 17.1% | 10.0% | 17.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.0% | 6.2% | 11.9% | 1.8% | 9.5% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.7% | 9.4% | 18.2% | 3.8% | 17.7% | 12.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.8% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 4.0% | 10.4% | 9.3% |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 4.21 | 4.17 | 3.54 | 4.77 | 4.70 | 4.14 |
| Quick ratio | 1.59 | 1.71 | 1.41 | 1.91 | 2.06 | 1.63 |
| Cash ratio | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt / Equity | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.43 | 0.62 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.30 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 0.56 | 0.87 | 0.72 | 4.60 | 1.96 | 2.54 |
| Interest coverage | 8.7x | 6.8x | 4.3x | 2.6x | 13.9x | 12.1x |
| Equity multiplier | 1.45 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 2.07 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.52 |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 1.18 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Inventory turnover | 1.99 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.06 | 2.19 | 2.06 |
| Days sales outstanding | 54d | 53d | 50d | 61d | 69d | 60d |
| Days inventory outstanding | 183d | 174d | 170d | 177d | 167d | 177d |
| Days payable outstanding | 25d | 28d | 37d | 29d | 28d | 27d |
| Cash conversion cycle | 213d | 199d | 183d | 209d | 207d | 211d |
| Valuation | ||||||
| P / E | 16.2x | 15.2x | 8.8x | 26.7x | 9.8x | 13.0x |
| P / B | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.0x | 1.7x | 1.7x |
| P / S | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.6x |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2x | 8.1x | 9.1x | 11.5x | 9.6x | 9.2x |
| Growth | ||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.1% | 1.6% | -1.3% | 6.5% | 11.0% | 15.1% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 0.4% | 2.2% | 5.3% | 10.8% | 9.9% | 7.9% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | 3.7% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 8.2% | 7.9% | 8.4% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | 1.4% | 5.7% | 13.6% | -1.9% | 8.7% | 14.6% |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 4.1% | 7.2% | 110.2% | -50.9% | 11.9% | 35.4% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | 1.6% | -43.7% | 486.3% | -77.8% | 68.6% | 46.9% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 1.6% | -49.6% | 492.7% | -76.2% | 49.4% | 44.4% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | 44.8% | -10.8% | 28.1% | -20.0% | 38.4% | 28.4% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 1.5% | 8.9% | 30.2% | -5.5% | 16.0% | 12.2% |
| FCF growth (YoY) | 57.0% | -80.1% | - | -14.6% | - | -75.8% |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | 19.2% | -18.0% | 71.7% | - | - | - |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 9.9% | 9.3% | 23.9% | 2.5% | 22.9% | 12.6% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-12-31.
Business segments
$196.54M totalUnited States Segment$165.14M · 84.0%
Europe Segment$16.27M · 8.3%
Canada Segment$15.13M · 7.7%
Geographic
$229.01M totalUS$164.07M · 71.6%
Total International$32.47M · 14.2%
Europe$16.27M · 7.1%
CA$15.13M · 6.6%
Reportable Segments C$1.07M · 0.5%
Stability scores
Altman Z′
FY 2025 · bankruptcy risk
3.15
Safe
Private-firm variant - uses book equity instead of market cap. > 2.90 safe · 1.23-2.90 grey · < 1.23 distress.
Piotroski F-score
FY 2025 · 9-point quality
7/9
Strong
- ✓Net income positive
- ✓Operating cash flow positive
- ✗ROA improved YoY
- ✓Cash flow > net income
- ✓Long-term debt decreased
- ✓Current ratio improved
- ✓No share dilution
- ✓Gross margin improved
- ✗Asset turnover improved
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
Comparing ACME UNITED CORP against the 5 most active filers in the same SIC group.
Dividends
$0.64/share trailing 12 months · +6.7% YoY
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.1600 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | $0.1600 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | $0.1600 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.1600 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.1500 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | $0.1500 |
| Oct 4, 2024 | $0.1500 |
| Jul 2, 2024 | $0.1500 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.1500 |
| Jan 4, 2024 | $0.1500 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | $0.1400 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | $0.1400 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | $0.1400 |
| Jan 5, 2023 | $0.1400 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | $0.1400 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | $0.1400 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | $0.1300 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | $0.1300 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | $0.1300 |
| Jul 1, 2021 | $0.1300 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | $0.1300 |
| Jan 7, 2021 | $0.1300 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | $0.1200 |
| Jul 1, 2020 | $0.1200 |