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ACME UNITED CORP
ACU
$221M
Mkt Cap
$53.94
+2.84%
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a current P/E ratio of 22.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 13.2. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 3.0%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a market capitalization of $206M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.16%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) appears expensive. The current P/E of 22.0 is 66% above its historical median of 13.2. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 9.3%.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) operates in the Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware industry, within the Industrials sector.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) reported annual revenue of $197 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Acme United Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (together, with its subsidiaries, the "Company"), is a leading worldwide supplier of innovative first aid and medical products and cutting technology to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods and industrial markets. Its principal products sold across all segments are first aid kits and medical products, scissors, shears, knives, and sharpening tools. The Company sells its products primarily to mass market and e-commerce retailers, industrial distributors, wholesale, contract and retail stationery distributors, office supply superstores, sporting goods stores, and hardware chains. The Company's operations are in the United States, Canada, Europe (located in Germany) and Asia (located in Hong Kong and China). The operations in the United States, Canada and Europe are primarily involved in product development, marketing, sales, administrative, manufacturing and distribution activities.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 203M | 197M | 194M | 192M | 194M | 182M |
| Net Income | 9.5M | 10M | 10M | 18M | 3.0M | 14M |
| EPS | $2.50 | $2.49 | $2.45 | $4.86 | $0.82 | $3.45 |
| Free Cash Flow | 8.1M | 7.6M | 4.8M | 24M | -1.4M | -1.2M |
| ROIC | 6.1% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gross Margin | 39.6% | 39.4% | 39.3% | 37.7% | 32.8% | 35.6% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.57 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 0.77 | 633.34 | 429.08 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.63 | $0.63 | $0.60 | $0.54 | $0.51 | $0.45 |
| Operating Income | 14M | 15M | 14M | 13M | 6.3M | 13M |
| Operating Margin | 6.9% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 3.2% | 7.0% |
| ROE | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 20.1% | 3.9% | 19.5% |
| Shares Outstanding | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M | 4M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 107M | 110M | 125M | 131M | 137M | 142M | 164M | 182M | 194M | 192M | 194M | 197M | 203M |
| Gross Margin | 35.6% | 36.0% | 36.6% | 36.7% | 36.9% | 36.5% | 36.3% | 35.6% | 32.8% | 37.7% | 39.3% | 39.4% | 39.6% |
| R&D | 665K | 690K | 750K | 752K | 734K | 596K | 251K | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 31M | 32M | 37M | 40M | 43M | 44M | 48M | 52M | 57M | 59M | 62M | 63M | 66M |
| EBIT | 7.4M | 7.3M | 8.4M | 7.9M | 7.5M | 8.4M | 11M | 13M | 6.3M | 13M | 14M | 15M | 14M |
| Op. Margin | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 3.2% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Net Income | 4.8M | 4.8M | 5.9M | 4.1M | 4.6M | 5.5M | 8.1M | 14M | 3.0M | 18M | 10M | 10M | 9.5M |
| Net Margin | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 7.5% | 1.6% | 9.3% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 200K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190K | 13M | 0 | 307K | 307K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 6.7% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 7.7% | 6.1% |
| ROE | 12.9% | 11.6% | 13.1% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 10.2% | 13.7% | 19.5% | 3.9% | 20.1% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 8.2% |
| ROA | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 2.0% | 11.3% | 6.4% | 6.1% | 4.9% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 4.6M | 1.1M | 8.9M | 4.8M | 4.5M | 15M | 5.7M | 5.1M | 2.9M | 29M | 12M | 18M | 19M |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.6M | -677K | 7.0M | 1.7M | 1.6M | 13M | 3.2M | -1.2M | -1.4M | 24M | 4.8M | 7.6M | 8.1M |
| Owner Earnings | 2.4M | -1.5M | 6.0M | 1.2M | 377K | 10M | 621K | -715K | -3.5M | 22M | 3.7M | 9.9M | -19M |
| CapEx | 2.0M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 3.1M | 2.9M | 1.7M | 2.6M | 6.4M | 4.3M | 4.7M | 7.1M | 11M | 11M |
| Maint. CapEx | 1.7M | 2.1M | 2.4M | 2.9M | 3.2M | 3.4M | 3.8M | 4.0M | 4.6M | 5.0M | 6.1M | 6.3M | 36M |
| Growth CapEx | 342K | 0 | 0 | 251K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3M | 0 | 0 | 1.1M | 4.3M | 0 |
| D&A | 1.7M | 2.1M | 2.4M | 2.9M | 3.2M | 3.4M | 3.8M | 4.0M | 4.6M | 5.0M | 6.1M | 6.3M | 36M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 65.4% | 63.7% | 11.4% | 44.9% | 124.0% | 148.8% | 16.2% | 59.7% | N/A | 57.9% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 1.1M | 1.2M | 1.3M | 1.4M | 1.5M | 1.6M | 1.6M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.0M | 2.2M | 2.3M | 2.4M |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.3% | N/A | 1.2% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 680K | 907K | 0 | 365K | 0 | 287K | 1.5M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | 0.8% | N/A | 0.3% | 1.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 562K | 514K | 441K | 684K | 869K | 968K | 1.3M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 2.2M | 2.0M | 1.9M |
| Debt Repayment | 1.2M | 1.8M | 7.0M | 11M | 3.2M | 7.0M | 5.5M | 5.7M | 17M | 37M | 4.5M | 5.8M | 5.8M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 46M | 49M | 60M | 78M | 76M | 63M | 38.8B | 33.1B | 50.0B | 71M | 52M | 26M | 62M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 2.3M | 2.4M | 5.9M | 9.3M | 4.4M | 6.8M | 4.2M | 4.8M | 6.1M | 4.8M | 6.4M | 3.6M | 4.2M |
| Long-Term Debt | 24M | 26M | 33M | 43M | 40M | 33M | 39M | 33M | 50M | 13M | 18M | 12M | 33M |
| Debt/Equity | 1.22 | 1.20 | 1.43 | 1.75 | 1.54 | 1.25 | 618.80 | 429.08 | 633.34 | 0.77 | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.57 |
| Interest Coverage | 15.1 | 12.9 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| Equity | 39M | 43M | 46M | 50M | 52M | 56M | 63M | 77M | 79M | 98M | 107M | 118M | 117M |
| Total Assets | 79M | 81M | 92M | 115M | 109M | 111M | 130M | 144M | 164M | 149M | 162M | 171M | 195M |
| Total Liabilities | 40M | 38M | 46M | 65M | 57M | 55M | 67M | 67M | 85M | 51M | 55M | 53M | 79M |
| Intangibles | 13M | 12M | 14M | 18M | 17M | 16M | 19M | 17M | 21M | 19M | 20M | 19M | 34M |
| Retained Earnings | 34M | 37M | 42M | 44M | 48M | 52M | 58M | 70M | 71M | 87M | 94M | 102M | 103M |
| Working Capital | 42M | 48M | 52M | 61M | 60M | 57M | 63M | 75M | 83M | 66M | 73M | 73M | 83M |
| Current Assets | 58M | 60M | 65M | 78M | 73M | 73M | 84M | 95M | 106M | 92M | 95M | 96M | 106M |
| Current Liabilities | 15M | 12M | 13M | 17M | 13M | 17M | 20M | 20M | 22M | 26M | 23M | 23M | 23M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.64 | 1.09 | 1.30 | 1.60 | 2.31 | 3.45 | 0.82 | 4.86 | 2.45 | 2.49 | 2.50 |
| Owner EPS | 0.68 | -0.40 | 1.69 | 0.33 | 0.11 | 2.99 | 0.18 | -0.18 | -0.94 | 5.99 | 0.91 | 2.42 | -4.92 |
| Book Value | 11.20 | 11.71 | 12.93 | 13.43 | 14.79 | 16.17 | 17.89 | 19.47 | 21.35 | 26.74 | 26.15 | 28.75 | 30.63 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 1.32 | 0.29 | 2.48 | 1.29 | 1.27 | 4.27 | 1.63 | 1.30 | 0.78 | 7.89 | 2.93 | 4.46 | 12.00 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.63 |
| Shares Out. | 3.5M | 3.7M | 3.6M | 3.7M | 3.5M | 3.4M | 3.5M | 4.0M | 3.7M | 3.7M | 4.1M | 4.1M | 3.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18.1 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 25.1 | 8.8 | 14.7 | N/A | 21.6 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.0 | 29.1 | 5.6 | 34.0 | N/A | N/A | 6.4 | 30.6 | N/A | 25.2 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13.6 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 19.1 | 12.5 | 11.2 | N/A | 19.1 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | N/A | 1.8 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | N/A | 1.0 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.3% | 3.4% | 17.9% | 2.9% | -1.0% | -1.9% | 15.5% | 3.3% | N/A | 4.0% |
| Market Cap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73M | 47M | 73M | 107M | 124M | 76M | 156M | 148M | 0 | 206M |
| Avg. Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.81 | 17.96 | 17.43 | 21.67 | 35.20 | 27.68 | 26.98 | 40.64 | 0.00 | 53.94 |
| Year-End Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.69 | 13.35 | 21.16 | 30.55 | 31.35 | 20.55 | 42.67 | 36.11 | 0.00 | 53.94 |
ACME UNITED CORP passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
ACME UNITED CORP trades at 22.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 13.2x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 41.1x vs a median of 29.8x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 3.0% with a gross margin of 36.9%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 1.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +13.8%.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a net profit margin of 5.2%. This is a modest margin.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) generated $8 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.49 in its most recent fiscal year.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a return on equity (ROE) of 9.1%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a 5-year average gross margin of 36.9%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for ACME UNITED CORP (ACU), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
ACME UNITED CORP (ACU) has a book value per share of $28.75, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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