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NYSE · CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE · MID CAP

Acme United Corp. ACU

16 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$196.5M
▲ 1.1% YoY
$10.2M
▲ 1.6% YoY
$7.6M
▲ 57.0% YoY
In brief

What this company does

Acme United Corporation supplies first aid and medical products and cutting technology worldwide to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods and industrial markets. The company's operations are in the United States, Canada, Europe, located in Germany, and Asia, located in Hong Kong and China. In 2025, the company recorded total net sales of $196.5 million. The company markets and sells under two main product categories: first aid and medical, and cutting and sharpening. Its first aid and medical category includes first aid and safety products under the First Aid Only, PhysiciansCare, Pac-Kit, Spill Magic, First Aid Central, Med-Nap, Safety Made, Elite and My Medic brands. Its cutting and sharpening category includes school, home and office products under the Westcott brand, and hardware, industrial and sporting goods products under the Clauss and DMT brands. The company was organized as a partnership in 1867 and incorporated in 1882 under the laws of the State of Connecticut.

Written from the business description in ACME UNITED CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 11 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 196.5M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 16-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 196.5 · Net income 10.2
80M160M201020122014201620182020202220242025
Compound annual growth
+0.4%
+3.7%
+6.0%
+7.9%
+49.7%
+4.7%
+7.8%
+9.6%
+44.8%
+1.5%
+6.7%
+7.8%
+5.5%
+7.2%
+7.9%
+6.9%
+8.9%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +3.7% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +4.7%, earnings per share at +1.5%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
5 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 7.5% · Net 5.2%
5%201020122014201620182020202220242025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 9.1%
10%20%201020122014201620182020202220242025

Each USD of equity produced 9 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 2.3M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 7.6
10M20M201020122014201620182020202220242025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 2.3 · Net buybacks —
0.8M1.6M201020122014201620182020202220242025

USD 2.3M in dividends — 23% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 171.0M
EquityUSD 117.6M
CashUSD 3.6M
Gross debtUSD 11.9M
Net debtUSD 8.3M
Current ratio4.21×

Net debt stands at 7% of equity.

The 16-year record
16 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010
Revenue $B0.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Operating income $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
EBITDA $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Income tax $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Free cash flow $B0.00.00.0−0.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.00.00.0−0.00.0−0.0
EPS, diluted $2.492.454.860.823.452.311.601.301.091.641.301.361.221.130.910.81
Dividend / sh $0.630.60····0.480.450.430.400.370.340.310.280.26·
Payout %23221163132029323523252218312725
ROE %9.19.820.13.919.513.710.29.08.413.111.612.912.212.110.610.1
Shares out B0.000.000.000.000.00···········

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 79 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 16 of 19 fiscal years. 16 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityCutlery, Handtools & General Hardware
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inConnecticut
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
SEC categorysmaller reporting company
Data on record since2010

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