ACU
Acme United Corporation
NYSE MKT: ACU · CONSUMER DEFENSIVE · HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS
$41.10
-1.34% today
Updated 2026-04-29
Market cap
$156.52M
P/E ratio
17.72
P/S ratio
0.77x
EPS (TTM)
$2.32
Dividend yield
1.15%
52W range
$35 – $47
Volume
0.0M
Acme United Corporation (ACU) Financial statements
SEC filings — annual and quarterly data.
Income statement — annual
| Item | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $56.86M | $63.17M | $68.72M | $59.15M | $63.15M | $73.30M | $84.37M | $89.58M | $107.22M | $109.81M | $124.57M | $130.55M | $137.32M | $142.46M | $164.00M | $182.09M | $193.96M | $191.50M | $194.49M | $196.54M |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | — | +11.1% | +8.8% | -13.9% | +6.8% | +16.1% | +15.1% | +6.2% | +19.7% | +2.4% | +13.4% | +4.8% | +5.2% | +3.7% | +15.1% | +11.0% | +6.5% | -1.3% | +1.6% | +1.1% |
| Cost of revenue | $32.28M | $36.68M | $41.06M | $37.08M | $39.78M | $46.98M | $54.62M | $57.75M | $69.04M | $70.25M | $79.02M | $82.65M | $86.67M | $90.46M | $104.41M | $117.29M | $130.40M | $119.29M | $118.14M | $119.13M |
| Gross profit | $24.58M | $26.49M | $27.66M | $22.07M | $23.37M | $26.32M | $29.75M | $31.82M | $38.19M | $39.56M | $45.55M | $47.90M | $50.65M | $52.00M | $59.59M | $64.80M | $63.56M | $72.21M | $76.35M | $77.41M |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 41.9% | 40.2% | 37.3% | 37.0% | 35.9% | 35.3% | 35.5% | 35.6% | 36.0% | 36.6% | 36.7% | 36.9% | 36.5% | 36.3% | 35.6% | 32.8% | 37.7% | 39.3% | 39.4% |
| R&D | $306000.00 | $236000.00 | $255000.00 | $440000.00 | $487000.00 | $536000.00 | $572985.00 | $602985.00 | $665000.00 | $690000.00 | $750000.00 | $752000.00 | $734000.00 | $596000.00 | $251000.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | $17.87M | $19.74M | $20.78M | $19.05M | $20.39M | $22.04M | $24.39M | $25.94M | $30.79M | $32.21M | $29.79M | $40.10M | $43.19M | $35.77M | $39.61M | $40.98M | $44.39M | $48.56M | $52.30M | $62.69M |
| Operating income | $6.71M | $6.75M | $6.88M | $3.03M | $2.98M | $4.28M | $5.36M | $5.88M | $7.39M | $7.35M | $8.44M | $7.88M | $7.46M | $8.43M | $11.41M | $12.77M | $6.27M | $13.19M | $14.14M | $14.72M |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 10.7% | 10.0% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 3.2% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.5% |
| EBITDA | $7.80M | $7.83M | $8.08M | $4.53M | $4.18M | $5.41M | $6.53M | $7.20M | $8.99M | $9.24M | $10.79M | $10.74M | $10.65M | $11.82M | $14.61M | $20.30M | $10.59M | $30.90M | $20.44M | $21.02M |
| EBITDA margin | 13.7% | 12.4% | 11.8% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 8.0% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 11.2% | 5.5% | 16.1% | 10.5% | 10.7% |
| EBIT | $6.96M | $6.96M | $7.07M | $3.61M | $3.31M | $4.43M | $5.44M | $6.00M | $7.29M | $7.18M | $8.37M | $7.85M | $7.42M | $8.37M | $10.77M | $16.10M | $6.06M | $25.83M | $14.38M | $14.68M |
| Interest expense | $615500.00 | $655446.00 | $395548.00 | $155000.00 | $301304.00 | $404326.00 | $444000.00 | $502000.00 | $490000.00 | $570000.00 | $869000.00 | $1.36M | $1.89M | $1.83M | $944363.00 | $922000.00 | $2.40M | $3.10M | $2.08M | $1.68M |
| Income tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Net income | $3.89M | $4.02M | $4.47M | $2.84M | $2.57M | $2.81M | $3.55M | $4.00M | $4.79M | $4.79M | $5.85M | $4.05M | $4.60M | $5.51M | $8.10M | $13.66M | $3.03M | $17.79M | $10.02M | $10.19M |
| Net income growth (YoY) | — | +3.5% | +11.1% | -36.4% | -9.5% | +9.3% | +26.2% | +12.8% | +19.6% | +0.1% | +22.0% | -30.7% | +13.5% | +19.9% | +46.9% | +68.6% | -77.8% | +486.3% | -43.7% | +1.6% |
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 7.5% | 1.6% | 9.3% | 5.2% | 5.2% |